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Vadianische Bibliothek, St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Vadianische Bibliothek, St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Vadian (Joachim Vadian or Joachim von Watt) was a historic figure from the late 15. and early 16. century who acted as a doctor, scholar and major of the city of St. Gall. He also led the conversation of the city from Catholicism to Protestantism (in the interpretation of Zwingli). Besides that, he is claimed as the founder of the library in St. Gall, which is now the cantonal library (under the…
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Meet the always angry Vadiana Trevelyan. She doesn’t like people, expect the ones who give her sweets and like to beat up bad guys with her. And dudes with horns. She loves dudes with horns.
Stadtbibliothek (Vadiana) St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Stadtbibliothek (Vadiana) St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
This stamp is historic. The library (“Vadiana”) today is not the Stadtbibliothek (city library) of St. Gallen anymore, but the district library of the canton of St. Gallen (named after the city of St. Gallen, but much bigger). [We covered some stamps from the today-Vadiana on this blog before] The public library today is the “Frehandbibliothek”, separated from in “Vadiana” in the 1970s. In a…
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