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Write a detailed description of a religious temple setting with shelves, reeds, and volumes.
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A pedestal at the center of the room supports a trio of brass oil lamps, whose frail light is solely responsible for providing enough illumination to read. Woven from long reeds, a pale carpet stretches across the floor between the bare, sandstone walls, dampening sound and reflecting the flickering flames above. Rows of deep shelves are occupied by numerous volumes and grimoires, all attended to and arranged meticulously by the elderly monk seated behind a long, oak desk.