April 2012
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( THINGS ABOUT... ): The library of this convent... →
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This magnificent library possesses over 40.000 volumes, which were bound with care and extreme dedication by the monks who lived in this convent since the XVIIIth century, cataloging them in such a precise way, that even today, the head librarian of the Palácio de Mafra uses a ledger where…