Library

Library

The tour came to an important-looking pair of doors. Miyuki made note that this was the only room they had gone to where the doors were closed. The tour guide opened the doors and the group walked into a high Gothic library.

Miyuki walked into the Gothic-style library and smiled at the fragrance and sight of all the old books. There were easily 50,000 books as she gazes at the library's impressive collection. It was so immense that it appears to have been brought out of a fairytale.

The Tour Guide leading the group into the centre of the library beings is prepared tour script. "The library hall was built in 1896 to designs by the architect [], is 50 metres long, 14 metres wide and 13 metres high. It contains 50,000 volumes. The ceiling consists of five cupolas, decorated with frescoes by [] showing the stages of the stars throughout the year. Light is provided by windows during the day, and in the evening with a new array of modern LED lighting installed this past year after the Temple received a generous donation, allow us to display the library more closely to how it would appear during the day. The light is reflected by the original colour scheme of gold and white. The architecture was designed to express the ideals of the Enlightenment."

Miyuki briefly wonders who would make a donation, as she moves closure to one of the stacks to read the titles.

As Miyuki walked about she walked past one of the reading couches and tables. There were two books stacked on top of each other. The red book underneath title was observed by the book on top. She made note of the title of the top book. "Rhapsody: A Dream Novel by Arthur Schnitzler".

Miyuki smiled and said to herself. "someone has a sense of humour." She wondered that the red book was underneath when she heard the doors to the library open. Looking out from between the stacks she noticed the tour group was moving on to the next location.