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" Members brought books, precious objects, and records of creature history to the city and purchased an island in the lagoon from the Catholic Church: Isola della Stella (Island of Stars). On it were monastic buildings that were converted to suit the Congregation's purposes. ..the vast, ancient monastery library, filled with books, papers, and papyri;...This council chamber, with its stunning frescoes, mosaics, vaulted ceiling, and gallery where the most precious records are kept, embodies the Congregation's power. "
― Deborah Harkness , The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
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" Rima was employed in the Goncalves Library, a small and impoverished specialist archive in twenty-first century Seville, Spain, which houses an eclectic collection of books and manuscripts. There are hidden treasures a the Goncalves, including a dusty discovery that Rima unearthed, an English commonplace book from the late sixteenth century.
Rima was forced out of her job there and found employment at the Congregation's library on the Isola della Stella, in Venice, after the previous librarian and secretary (traditionally always a human) died of a heart attack. "
― Deborah Harkness , The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life
The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life