"The Reading Room, which unlike the Vestibule develops horizontally, hosts two series of wooden benches, the so-called plutei, which functioned as lecterns as well as book-shelves. They were designed by Michelangelo and, according to Giorgio Vasari, work of Giovan Battista del Cinque and Ciapino."
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"The Reading Room, which unlike the Vestibule develops horizontally, hosts two series of wooden benches, the so-called plutei, which functioned as lecterns as well as book-shelves. They were designed by Michelangelo and, according to Giorgio Vasari, work of Giovan Battista del Cinque and Ciapino."

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Opening of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Designed by Michelangelo

1571
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Staircase designed by Michelangelo to the Laurentian Library

In 1571 the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (The Laurentian Library of the Medici) designed by Michelangelo was opened to the public  in Florence, Italy.

Timeline Themes

Libraries
Architecture / Design