P20092.JPG [9/9] Keywords: Library of Hadrian Caption: The Library of Hadrian. The eastern end of the peristyle court, with the remains of several rooms in back of the eastern colonnade. The central room (with the scaffolding in the photo) would have been the "library" proper, where ancient scrolls were stored. To the north (left) and south (right) were reading rooms and lecture halls. View from the southwest.