Columns and bookcases, Black Room, Biblioteca

Detail of the scrolled columns on the bookcases with Chinese motifs, lacquer and gilding by Manuel da Silva, in the Black Room of the Joanina Library, or Biblioteca Joanina, a Baroque library built 1717-28 by Gaspar Ferreira, part of the University of Coimbra General Library, in Coimbra, Portugal. The Casa da Livraria was built during the reign of King John V or Joao V, and consists of the Green Room, Red Room and Black Room, with 250, 000 books dating from the 16th - 18th centuries. The library is part of the Faculty of Law and the University is housed in the buildings of the Royal Palace of Coimbra. The building is classified as a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13435903

Media ID

45115661

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7087px x 4724px (8.2MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen