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The Kremsmunster Abbey Library, a Benedictine monastery library in Upper Austria, built between 1680 and 1689 by Carlo Antonio Carlone. Contains about 160,000 volumes, besides 1,700 manuscripts and nearly 2,000 incunabula. The most valuable book is the "Codex Millenarius", a Gospel Book written around 800 in Mondsee Abbey. Facsimiles of this codex may be found in the libraries of a number of universities throughout the world.

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