until the disastrous fire of 26 January 1904" (Wikipedia article on Bobbio Abbey, accessed 12-03-2008). ♦ Umberto Eco based the location of his 1980-83 novel The Name of the Rose , with its labyrinthine library, on the abbey at Bobbio. Filed under: Collecting Books, Manuscripts, Art , Libraries , Manuscript Illumination , Manuscripts & Manuscript