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May 18, 2006: The Wren Library: "One of the Most Beautiful Rooms in England"
"A bit more of the world may now be on a mission to engage with it and those who go are unlikely to be disappointed. One of the cathedral's better kept secrets is the Wren Library, built by Christopher Wren, the architect of St Paul's in London, in 1674."
"Described by Roy Strong, former curator of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, as "one of the most beautiful rooms in England", the library contains 10,000 rare books dating from before 1801; 260 of which are from before 1501. The oldest volume is a handwritten 10th-century manuscript of homilies by the Venerable Bede."
