Library

Library renovation update - March 2015

This photograph was taken in what will be the main library hall for the manuscripts and early printed books. This was taken on the roof, ...

Library renovation update - February 2015

Pointing of the outside wall is almost complete. Granite panels cap the wall around the library roof. Scaffolding is in place to allow wo...

Library renovation update - January 2015

The metal girders were bolted and welded into place. Scaffolding was installed around the outside of the dome. A doorway was created that...

Library renovation update - December 2014

Steel girders that will support the shelves and roof beams were welded together. An exterior room behind the dome will house the units fo...

Library renovation update - November 2014

Separate storerooms were created to house the monastery archives. Doors and windows at the lower level were bricked up.

Library renovation update - October 2014

Work was begun on the floors below the library where connecting stairs will be installed. The mortar on the exterior wall was repointed. ...

Library renovation update - September 2014

Workers poured the foundation that will support the manuscript storage shelves. It was sometimes necessary for the metal straps to extend...

Library renovation update - August 2014

The concrete balconies around the room were removed. The removal of the plaster facing inside the library allowed the mortar to be repoin...

Library renovation update - July 2014

Petros Koufopoulos worked on the spouts for the drains from the roof. Metal strips were added to reinforce the concrete slab on the floor...

Library renovation update - June 2014

The plaster facing was removed from the library wall, and work continued to modify arches and other doorways. Metal beams and flooring wi...

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