The Temple of Jerusalem

In the four spaces besides the two doors, the "Sacred factories", which are the most significant buildings in Israel's history, are represented.These latter were a major subject to study and search for the monks, namely because of their symbolic and historical relevance. The Temple of Jerusalem's representation is literally copied from Book VII of the Apparati inclueded in Montano's Bible, which was a very up-to-date source for the frescoes' themes (the frescoes were painted no later than two years after the publication of Montano's Bible), and its pictures, reproduced in the Library, aimed at joining the didactic aspect (the visual representation helped the monks studying the Scriptures to better understand some very complex and obscure biblical texts) and the symbolic aspect (the presence in the Library's privileged space of those basical expressions of God's wisdom, which are revealed to men through their holy structures). Beside the southern door, the Temple of Jerusalem is to be seen on the right. This building is drawn both in perspective and in plan, while some prints are collected around it: as for the other images dwelling on the "sacred fatories", they all are taken from volume VII of Montano's polyglot Bible.