It was decided that the library of books and manuscripts, which had been bequeathed to the city by Cardinal Bessarion but had still not found a permanent home, should be housed there and Sansovino originally intended that the facade of this building (the Libreria) should eventually be continued along the south side of the Piazza and round the south-west corner as far as the church of San Geminiano in the middle of the west side.
Decidiuse que a biblioteca de libros e manuscritos, que foran legados á cidade polo cardeal Bessarion, pero aínda non atopara un fogar permanente, debían ser aloxados alí e Sansovino pensou orixinalmente que a fachada deste edificio (a Libraría) co tempo debía continuar ao longo do lado sur da praza e a volta da esquina sur-oeste ata a igrexa de San Xeminiano no centro da parte oeste.