Chapter IX (2)

_armarius_ (who is also Precentor):
has charge of library in Cluniac Houses, 67, 73;
in Augustinian, 71;
provides for borrowing as well as lending books among the
Premonstratensians, 72

Arts: books required for course in, at Cambridge, 147

Assisi: library at, catalogued 1381, 73;
analysis of this, 206, 207

Assur-bani-pal, King of Nineveh: library in his palace, 2

Astrolabe: in library of Anne de Beaujeu, 303

Athens: notices of ancient libraries at, 5;
library built by Hadrian, 6, 16

Attalus, King: note on his stoa at Athens, 11, _note_

Augustine (S.): directions about church library at Hippo, 63

Augustine (S.), Benedictine House at Canterbury:
extract from custumary on care of MSS., 76;
rules for use of carrells, 99;
organisation of library in cloister, _ibid._

Augustinians: rules for books in force among, 71

Augustus: builds libraries in Rome, 12;
porticus Octaviae, _ibid._;
temple and area of Apollo Palatinus, 14;
their organisation, 18

Autun, College d', Paris: library at, 166

Bale, John, laments loss of monastic libraries, 246

Bamberg: chained book from monastery, 159

_banca_ or _bancus_: meaning discussed, 242

Bancroft, Abp, his library brought to Cambridge, 253

Barber Surgeons, Lond.: books in their library chained 1639, 265

Barberini: library in their palace at Rome, 316

Bateman, Will., Bp of Norwich: his library statute for Trinity Hall, 136;
division of his library, 144

Bayeux, Cathedral: press called _Le Chartrier_ described and figured, 94;
library at, 125

Beaulieu, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86;
book-recesses in wall of cloister, 89

Benedict (S.): passage in his Rule respecting study, 66

Benedictines:
decrees given to English monks of the Order by Abp Lanfranc, 67;
customs in force at S. Benoit-sur-Loire, 68, _note_;
at Abingdon, Berks, _ibid._;
at Evesham, Worcestershire, 69;
their books bestowed in wooden presses, 84;
arrangement adopted at Durham, 90

Benoit (S.)-sur-Loire: customs quoted, 68, _note_;
endowment of library, 79

Bicester: school library, 262

Bobbio: library, 102

Bodleian Library, Oxf.: description, as fitted up by Sir T. Bodley, 185;
chains taken off 1757, 266;
inconvenience of chaining, 266;
new bookcases on wall-system, 275

Boethius: decoration of his library, 41;
view of a library in MS. of his _Cons. of Phil._, 163, 164

Bolton, Lanc.: school, 264

Book-room: in Cistercian Houses, 84-89;
at Fossa Nuova, 83

Boys, John: his library, 317

Brandolini, A.: epigram on library of Sixtus IV., 211

Brasenose Coll., Oxf.: library statute, 137;
chains taken off 1780, 266

_breve_ or _brevis_ = a book-ticket: in Cluniac Customs, 67;
in Lanfranc's decrees for Benedictines, 68

Brewster, Will.: bequeathes books to All Saints' Ch., Hereford, 262

Budge, Dr Wallis: note on Mesopotamian discoveries, 4

Bury, Lanc.: library in school, 263

Bury S. Edmunds: use of carrells, 98;
cloister glazed with stained glass, 100;
library built 1429-45, 108

Busts in Roman libraries: _see_ Portraits

Caesar, Julius: intends to build public library in Rome, 12

Caesarea: library, 62

Calder Abbey: portion of book-room, 88

Canterbury; _see_ Christ Church, Canterbury

Canterbury Coll., Oxf.:
library furnished from Christ Church, Canterbury, 143

_capsa_; box for carrying rolls, 30

Cardinal Coll., Oxf.; library statute, 137

Carols: _see_ Carrells

Carpenter, John (Bp of Worcester): his library foundation, 126

Carpet: books to be laid out on, in Chapter House for annual audit
in Cluniac Houses, 67;
in Benedictine, 68

Carrells: in cloister at Durham, 90;
detailed account of, with ground plan of a window, 96;
at Westminster Abbey, 92, 93;
series of, in stone, at Gloucester, 96-98;
general considerations as to arrangement, 98;
instances of their use in various houses, _ibid._;
by whom to be used, 99

Carthusians: rules for books in force among, 69

Cartmel, Lanc.: books to be chained in churchwarden's pew, 258

Cassiodorus: his _Codex grandior_ mentioned, 40;
intended college in Rome, 44;
monastery, library, and _scriptorium_ at Vivarium, _ibid._

Catharine (S.) Coll., Camb.: number of books in library, 145;
new cases, 285

Cedar: _see_ Citrus

Cesena: description of library, 199-203

Chaining: books chained in S. Mary's Ch., Oxf., cent, xiii., 132;
at Peterhouse, Camb., 135, 145;
Trinity Hall, 136, 168;
New Coll., Oxf., 137;
indiscriminate chaining forbidden, 138;
system in use at Zutphen explained, 153-159;
in Stadtbibliothek at Nuremberg, 163;
at Sorbonne, Paris, 164;
College d'Autun, 166;
S. Victor, _ibid._;
inconvenience of, at Oxf., 172;
at Hereford described, 174-8;
at Merton Coll., Oxf., 181, 182;
traces of, at S. John's Coll., Oxf., 185;
at Cathedral Library, Wells, 189;
at Cesena, 203;
on printed book from Hungary now at Ghent, 204;
chains bought for Vatican Library, 219;
at Medicean library, Florence, 238-240;
at Grantham, 257;
Cartmel, 258;
Gorton, 259;
Chetham library, Manchester, 260;
Wimborne, 261;
Denchworth, 262;
All Saints', Hereford, _ibid._;
Abingdon, Berks, _ibid._;
Bicester, _ibid._;
Guildford, 263;
instances of late use of chaining, 264;
Faculty of Medicine, Paris, _ibid._;
Corpus Christi Coll., Camb., _ibid._;
Gray's Inn, _ibid._;
S. John's Coll., Gonville and Caius Coll.,
Peterhouse, Trinity Coll., Camb., 265;
Library of Barber Surgeons, _ibid._;
wills of Sir M. Hale and M. Scrivener, _ibid._;
chains taken off at various places, 266;
inconvenience of, at Bodleian, _ibid._, note

Chair with desk: figured in MSS., 309-312

Chapter-House:
spaces divided off at west end for book-rooms in monasteries, 87-89;
books read in neighbourhood of, 89

Charles V., King of France: book-chest, 293;
fits up library in Louvre, _ibid._

Chest for books: bought for Vatican Library, 218;
used by Simon, Abbat of S. Albans, 292;
in France, 293

Chester Cathedral: arches in cloister, possibly used for books, 89

Chetham, Humphry: provisions of will, 259;
library in Manchester, 260

Chichele, Abp: builds library at Canterbury, 106;
account of this, 190

Christ Church, Canterbury: curse from a MS., 78;
library-walk of cloister, 91;
sets of nine holes, 92;
carrells in use, 99;
glass in cloister, 100;
catalogue, saec. xii., 102;
library, 106;
probable extent and arrangement of this described, 190-194;
Howley-Harrison library, 256

Christopher Le Stocks (S.), Lond.: library, 244

Christ's Hospital, Lond.: library, 108

Churches: libraries built in or near, 61, 64

Cirta: library, 62

Cistercians: rules for books, 70;
evolution of book-room, 84-89;
plan of this at Fossa Nuova, 85;
Kirkstall, _ibid._;
arrangement of books in, at Meaux, 86;
Titchfield, 87;
book-rooms at west end of Chapter House, Furness, _ibid._;
Calder Abbey, 88;
Fountains, _ibid._;
Beaulieu, 89;
Hayles _ibid._;
Chester Cathedral, _ibid._

Citeaux: books chained near Chapter House, 89;
arrangement of books, saec. xv., 103-106;
permanent library, 109-112

Citrus: identification of tree so called, 22, _note_;
used to preserve rolls, 29

Clairvaux: curse used, 78;
books chained near Chapter House, 89;
library, 112-4;
catalogue of this discussed, 196-8;
nature of fittings, 198

Clare Coll., Camb.: account of old library, 186;
new cases put up 1627,
_ibid._;
their plan discussed, 187;
new library fitted up, 285

_class_: meaning of word discussed, 243

_claustrum sine armario_ etc., 75

Cleopatra: receives library of Pergamon from Antony, 8

Cloister: the centre of monastic life, 80;
work interrupted by cold and bad weather, _ibid._;
activity at S. Martin's, Tournai, 81;
arrangements at Durham described, 90;
illustrated by reference to Westminster Abbey, 91-94;
was glazed at Durham, 90;
in other Houses, 100

Cluniacs: regulations in their Customs respecting books, 67;
date of these Customs, 68, _note_;
book-room in their priory at Much Wenlock, 87

Cobham, Thomas: library, Oxf., 148-151;
stained glass in windows, 242

Codex, a book: how accommodated, 36, 37;
figured on tomb of Galla Placidia, 39

Codex Amiatinus: representation of _armarium_ described, 40

Cold, in cloister, 80

_columpna_: a set of shelves, 87

_communes libri_; meaning of term, 82

Corbie: note from MS. once belonging to, 75, _note_;
injunction to use a MS. at, carefully, 77 and _note_;
endowment of library, 79

_cornua_: used for the knobs of a roll, 28

Corpus Christi Coll., Camb.: books chained 1523, 264

Corpus Christi Coll., Oxf.: library statute, 137, 138;
provisions against indiscriminate chaining, 138;
fittings supplied 1517, 172;
a type of the stall-system, _ibid._;
elevation of one bookcase, 173

Cosma e Damiano: church of, in Rome, 25, 26

Crates (of Mallus): his visit to Rome and influence there, 14

Creighton, Rob., Bp of Wells: fits up cathedral library, 188

Croxden, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86

Cruas, on the Rhone: book-press in the church, 94

Cupboards: in thickness of wall, 313

Curses, on those who steal or damage MSS., 77

Cuthbert, Abbat of Wearmouth: his scribes paralysed with cold, 80

Damasus, Pope: his archivum or Record Office, 42

_demonstratio_: meaning discussed, 243

Demosthenes: statue of, to shew way of holding roll, 27;
replica of his statue at Knowle Park, _ibid._, note

Denchworth: library in church, 262

De Rossi: theory respecting S. Lorenzo in Damaso, 42;
of the use of a triple apse, 63

Derr: library at, explored by Dr W. Budge, 4

_descus_: meaning discussed, 242

_distinctio_: word used in catalogue of Dover Priory, 194-196;
meaning discussed, 196, 243

[Greek: Diphthera] = cover of a roll, 29;
coloured purple, 29

Dolci, Giovannino dei: supplies bookcases to Vatican Library, 218

_domuncula_: a compartment of a bookcase, 244

Dover, Priory of S. Martin at: introduction to catalogue translated, 194

Durham: description of the book-presses and carrells in the cloister, 90;
_armarium commune_, 93;
plan of window and account of carrells, 96-99;
library at, saec. xii., 102;
enumeration of books at, saec. xiv., 103;
library at, built 1446, 107;
library fitted up by Dean Sudbury, saec. xvii., 189

Durham Coll., Oxf.: library, 142

Ely: endowment of _scriptorium_ at, 79

Emmanuel Coll., Camb.: bookcases at, 54;
new cases in library, 285

Endowment of libraries: at Corbie, 79;
S. Martin des Champs, _ibid._;
S. Benoit-sur-Loire (Fleury), _ibid._;
at Ely, _ibid._

Entreaties to use books carefully, 76

[Greek: Epistulion]: use of word explained, 32, _note_

Escorial: built by Philip II., 267;
description of library, 268;
of bookcases, 269;
cases copied at Bibliotheque Mazarine, 273

Eton College: stained glass in Election Hall, 242;
chains taken off 1719, 266

Eucherius, Bp of Lyons: describes a private library, 43

Euripides: said to have been a book-collector, 5;
lines from the _Frogs_ about him quoted, _ibid._

Euthydemus, follower of Socrates: his library, 5

Evesham, Benedictine House in Worcestershire:
customs respecting books, 69;
carrells, 99

_fenestra_ = cupboard: in rule of S. Pachomius, 64;
meaning of word discussed, 65, note

Fleury, Abbey at: _see_ Benoit (S.)-sur-Loire

_forulus_ = cell: receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 31

Fossa Nuova: book-press at, described and figured, 82;
plan and description of book-room, 85

Fountains Abbey: position of book-rooms at, 89

foxtails: bought to dust Vatican Library, 232

Francis (S.): reproves a brother who asked for a psalter, 72, _note_

Franciscans: provisions respecting books, 72;
their libraries described in the _Philobiblon_, _ibid._

Froidmont: glass in library, 242

_frons_: used for the edge of a roll, 28;
was evidently visible, 34

Furness Abbey: book-rooms at west end of chapter-house, 87

Gall (S.): library at, 102

Galla Placidia: book-press on her tomb, 39

Gatien, S., Tours, church of: chained library at, 1718, 266

Genevieve, S., Paris: description of library, 289

Germain (S.) des Pres, Paris: library open to strangers, 75;
expansion of library at, 114-6;
fittings described, 289

Germain (S.) l'Auxerrois, church of: wooden press in, described, 95

Ghirlandajo, the brothers: engaged to decorate Vatican Library, 211;
their work described, 213

Glass: in certain cloisters, 100

Glastonbury: feelings of Leland on entering Library, 194

Globes: in Vatican Library, 229;
in library of S. Genevieve, 289

Gloucester Cathedral: library-walk of cloister, 91;
sets of nine holes, 92;
stone carrells described and figured, 96-98;
library, 107

Gonville Hall, Camb.: curse from breviary used at, 79

Gonville and Caius Coll., Camb.: bookcases at, 254;
chaining of books bequeathed by Dr Caius, 265

Gorton: bookcase, 259

_gradus_ = a shelf, 87, _note_;
used with same meaning at Dover Priory, 194-196;
a side of a lectern, 167

Grammar Schools: _see_ Libraries

Grantham: library, 257

Gray's Inn: bequest of books to be chained, 264

Gregory (S.) the Great: notice of his monastery at Rome, 44

Groenendaal: library, 108

Guildford: chain in library of Grammar School, 157;
further account of this, 263

Hadrian: library built by him in Athens, 16-18;
similarity of plan between it and Pergamon, 18

Hale, Sir Matt.: his books given to Lincoln's Inn 1676 to be chained, 265

Hawkesmoore, N.:
builds library and bookcases at Queen's College, Oxford, 256

Hayles, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86;
arches possibly used as book-recesses, 89

Herculaneum: library, 23-25

Hereford, All Saints' Ch.: library, 262

Hereford Chapter Library: notes on, 174;
chaining described, 174-8

Hippo: library, 63

Hobart, Nich.: his bookcase at King's College, Cambridge, 254

Honywood, Mich.: builds library at Lincoln Cathedral, 276

Hook, to hold up desk, 179

Horace: advice to his friend Celsus respecting the Palatine library, 19

Howley-Harrison Library, Canterbury, 256

Humphrey, D. of Gloucester: his MSS. at Oxford, 247

_index_ = ticket bearing the title of a roll, 28;
of some bright colour, 29;
used in Cicero's library, 33

Isidore, Bp of Seville: on library of Pollio at Rome, 12;
on decoration of libraries, 41;
account of his own library, 45, 46

Ivory: books written on, 20

Jerome (S.): advises consultation of church-libraries, 62;
on library at Caesarea, _ibid._;
collated there MSS. used by Origen, _ibid._

Jerusalem: library, 62

Jervaulx, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86

Jesus Coll., Camb.: equidistant windows of library, 148;
glass in library, 242;
bookcases, 254

Jews: used _armaria_ in synagogues to contain the rolls of the law, 39,
_note_

John (S.) the Baptist, Coll., Oxf.: library statute at, 137;
library described, 185;

John (S.) the Evangelist, Coll., Camb.:
equidistant windows in old library, 148;
contract for desks, 160;
book chained at, 1564, 265;
library built 1623-1628, 248-251

Jumieges: curse from MS. at, 78

Juniper: bought to fumigate Vatican Library, 232

Kederminster, Sir John: founds library at Langley, 258

Kempis, Thomas a:
quotation from, on desolate condition of priest and convent without
books, 75;
injunction to use MSS. carefully, 77

King's Coll., Camb.: library statute, 137;
number of books in library 1453, 145;
bookcase by bequest from N. Hobart, 254;
Cole's account of library, 255;
chains taken off 1777, 266

Kirkstall Abbey: the _armarium commune_, 85

Kouyunjik: library, discovered by Layard, 2;
criticised by Dr W. Budge, 4

Lanciani. R.: discovers a private library in Rome, 22;
describes record-house of Vespasian, 26

Lanfranc, Abp: decree respecting use of books, 67

Langley Marye: library, 258

Lateran Museum, Rome: sculpture representing actor with masks, 36

Layard: library discovered by him at Kouyunjik, 2

Leaver, James: gives press to Bolton school, Lancashire, 264

Lectern-system: fittings in early libraries so named, 151-153;
at Zutphen, 153-159;
Queens' Coll., Camb., 151, 159;
Pembroke Coll., S. John's Coll., Peterhouse, Camb., 160;
Lincoln Cathedral, 161;
MS. Mus. Brit., 162;
Nuremberg, 163;
the Sorbonne, Paris, 164;
the College d'Autun, Paris, 166;
Monastery of S. Victor, Paris, 166;
Trinity Hall, Camb., 168;
MS. Fitzwilliam Mus., 169;
at University of Leyden, 170;
Cesena, 199-203;
S. Mark, Florence, 203;
Monte Oliveto, _ibid._;
Assisi, 206;
Vatican, 225;
Medicean Library, Florence, 235-240;
in private houses, 297-301

_lectrinum_ = desk, 161

Leland, John: his feelings on entering library at Glastonbury, 194

Lepidus, Domitius: temple built by him in Rome, 13

_liber_ = book: decision of the jurist Ulpian as to what is included
under this category, 37

Librarian: _see_ Precentor--Armarius

LIBRARIES, Assyrian: at Kouyunjik, discovered by Layard, 2-4;
at Derr, 4

Libraries of Cathedrals: 116-128;
Lincoln, 117, 161;
Salisbury, 121;
Old S. Paul's, 122;
Wells, 123;
Lichfield, 123;
Noyon, 124;
Bayeux, 125;
York, 125;
Troyes, 126;
Worcester, 126;
Rouen, 128

Libraries, Christian: situated in or near churches, 61;
at Jerusalem, 62;
at Caesarea, _ibid._;
at Cirta, _ibid._;
at Hippo, 63;
use of the triple apse, 63

Libraries of Colleges: statutes of Merton Coll., Oxford, 133;
University, 133;
Oriel, 133;
Peterhouse, Cambridge, 134;
Trinity Hall, 136;
New Coll., Oxford, 137;
All Souls', 137;
Magdalen Coll., Oxford, 138;
Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford, 137, 138;
Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, 139;
resume of regulations, _ibid._;
loan of books from, 140;
rules copied from monasteries, 141;
a real library an after-thought, 143;
characteristics of this, 143;
number of books, 143-148;
divided into lending and reference departments, 145;
examples of such libraries, 148;
Bp Cobham's library, Oxf., _ibid._;
Queens' Coll., Camb., a type, 151, 159;
fittings at Pembroke and other Coll., 160;
S. John's Coll., Camb., 248-250;
at Peterhouse, 251;
at Gonville and Caius, Emmanuel, Jesus, Pembroke, 254;
King's Coll., Camb., _ibid._;
Queen's Coll., Oxf., 255

Libraries, Greek: notices of, in Athens and elsewhere, 4, 5;
at Alexandria, 6;
at Pergamon, 7-12

Libraries, medieval: general characteristics, 240-244

Libraries, monastic: rule of Pachomius, 64;
general considerations 65;
Benedictine Rule, 66;
Cluniac Customs, _ibid._;
decrees given to English Benedictines by Lanfranc, 67;
Customs of Benedictine Houses, 68;
of Carthusians, 69;
of Cistercians, 70;
of Augustinians, _ibid._;
of Premonstratensians, 72;
of Mendicants, _ibid._;
general conclusions, 73;
divided into library of reference and library for lending, 74;
open to strangers, 75;
books a necessary possession, _ibid._;
protection of books, 76;
curses, 77;
endowment of libraries, 79;
work done and books kept in the cloister, 80;
furniture used, 81;
_armarium commune_, 82;
at Fossa Nuova, _ibid._;
at Worcester, 84;
evolution of Cistercian book-room, 84-89;
arrangements in Benedictine Houses, 90;
at Westminster Abbey, 91-94;
supervision at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99;
decoration, 100;
growth of, 101;
at S. Riquier, S. Gall, Bobbio, Lorsch, Durham, Canterbury, 102;
construction of a special library, 106;
at Canterbury, _ibid._;
Durham and Gloucester, 107;
Winchester, S. Albans, Worcester, Bury S. Edmunds, S. Victor, Paris,
Franciscans of London, 108;
Citeaux, 109-112;
Clairvaux, 112-114;
S. Germain des Pres, Paris, 114;
destruction in England, 246;
extension of their libraries in France in 17th cent., 287;
library of Jesuits at Rheims, 287-289;
of S. Genevieve, Paris, 289;
S. Germain des Pres, _ibid._;
Monte Cassino, 290

Libraries, parochial: at Grantham, 257;
at Langley Marye, 258;
Cartmel, _ibid._;
will of H. Chetham, 259;
Gorton, _ibid._;
Turton, _ibid._;
Wimborne Minster, 261;
Denchworth, 262;
All Saints', Hereford, _ibid._;
Abingdon, _ibid._

Libraries, private: books kept in chests, 292;
tower in Louvre fitted up as library, 293;
illustration of this, 294;
a Carmelite in his study, 296;
a scholar's chair, 297;
lectern, 297-9;
_Ship of Fools_, 298;
library of Margaret of Austria, 299-302;
of Anne de Beaujeu, 302;
Italian lectern, 304;
wheel-desk, 304-8;
chairs with desk, 309-312;
desks used in Italy, 312;
wall-cupboards, 313;
scholar's room, 314;
study of Duke of Urbino, _ibid._;
of Montaigne, 315;
Palazzo Barberini, 316;
library of Dean Boys, 317

Libraries, Roman (B.C.):
intention of Julius Caesar to build a library, 12;
library of C. Asinius Pollio, _ibid._;
decorated with busts of departed authors, _ibid._;
works of Augustus, _ibid._;
Porticus Octaviae, 12-14;
temple and area of Apollo, 14;
other public libraries, 15;
of Tiberius, Vespasian, Trajan, _ibid._;
of Hadrian at Athens, 16-18;
organisation of Roman libraries, 18;
composition of Palatine library, _ibid._;
description by Ovid, _ibid._;
advice of Horace respecting, 19;
library of Tiberius, _ibid._;
of Vespasian in templo Pacis, _ibid._;
of Trajan (bibliotheca Ulpia), _ibid._;
loan of books from public collections, 20;
fittings, 36;
private libraries: of Lucullus, 20, 21;
fashion for book-collecting denounced by Seneca, 21;
library in Via dello Statuto discovered by Lanciani, 22;
at Herculaneum, 23;
near Rome, as described by Martial, 31;
record-house of Vespasian, 26, 27;
contents of Roman libraries, 27-30;
fittings of Roman libraries: discussion of words used, 30-33;
what the furniture so designated was, 34, 35;
representation found at Neumagen, 35;
desk for rolls in Lateran Museum, 36;
presses (_armaria_), 36-41

Libraries, Roman (A.D.): decoration mentioned by Boethius, 41;
by Isidore, 41, 42;
library described by Eucherius, 43;
of pope Agapetus, 44;
of Isidore, Bp of Seville, 45;
summary of pagan conception of a library, 47;
illustrated by Vatican Library of Sixtus V., 47-60

Libraries of Schools: Abingdon, 262;
Bicester, _ibid._;
Rivington, _ibid._;
Guildford, 263;
Bury, _ibid._;
Bolton, 264

_Library_ = bookcase, 244

Lichfield Cathedral: library, 123

Lincoln Cathedral: library, 117;
desks described, 161

_linea_: a shelf for books, 105, _note_;
at Saint Ouen, 244

Linen: books written on, 20

L'Isle, Roger: gives books to Oxford, 132

Loan of books: from public libraries in Rome, 20

Loan of books (for external use): allowed at Abingdon, 68;
Evesham, 69;
among Carthusians, 70;
Augustinians, 71;
Premonstratensians, 72;
enjoined on monks by Council of Paris 1212, 74;
books bequeathed that they may be lent, 75;
one House lent to another, _ibid._;
to Oxford scholars, 132;
prescribed in College Statutes, 133-137;
instances of, at Merton Coll., 140;
from Vatican Library, 230-1

Loan of books (to brethren on written attestation): among Cluniacs, 67;
Benedictines, 68;
Augustinians, 71;
probable meaning of this provision, 74, note

_loculamentum_ = pigeon-hole:
receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 31, 32

_lora_ = straps to keep rolls closed, 29

Lorenzo in Damaso: church, 42

Lorsch: library, 102

Louvre: library fitted up, 293

Lucullus: library described, 20, 21

_Lumen animae_: chained book so called, 203

Magdalen Coll., Oxf.: library statute at, 137

Margaret of Austria: library described, 299-302

Mark, S., Florence, Dominican Convent of: library, 205

Martin (S.) des Champs, Paris: endowment of library, 79

Martin (S.), at Tournai: literary work in cloister, 81

Mary (S.) Church in Oxf.: books chained, 132

Matthew (S.): Hebrew original of his Gospel at Caesarea, 62

Mazarin, Cardinal, library of: described, 272-274;
furniture noted by Wren, 276

Meaux, in Holderness: book-room at, and arrangement, 86

Medicean Library, Florence: described, 234-240

Medicine, Faculty of, Paris: books chained in library 1509, 264

Melozzo da Forli: engaged to paint in Vatican Library, 212;
his work described, 214

Mendicants: libraries, 72

Merton Coll., Oxf.: library statute, 133;
choice and loan of books, 140;
reception of a gift, 141;
description of library, 178-185;
history, 183;
sale of old bookcases, _ibid._;
new cases supplied to south library 1623, 184;
chains taken off 1792, 266

Mesmin (Saint): curse from MS., 77, 78, and _note_

Metellus, Quintus: share in building the Porticus Octaviae, 13;
plan may have been derived from Pergamon, 14

Michelangelo:
builds Medicean Library, 234;
his sketch for the bookcases, 236

Micklethwaite, J. T.: his plan of Westminster Abbey, 91

Monastic influence at Oxf. and Camb., 142

Montaigne: visits Vatican Library 6 March, 1581, 230;
describes his own library, 315

Monte Cassino: library described, 290

Monte Oliveto, Benedictine Convent of: library, 205

Much Wenlock, Cluniac Priory: book-room, 87

Navarre, College de: library, 165

Netley, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86

Neumagen near Treves:
representation of a library found at, 34, and _note_

New College, Oxford: library statute, 137

_nidus_ = pigeon-hole: receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 30, 31

Noyon Cathedral: library, 124

Nuremberg: chained books in Stadtbibliothek, 163

Nuzio, Matteo: builds library at Cesena, 199

Obazine, in Central France: book-press described and figured, 95

Odo, Abbat of S. Martin at Tournai: promotes work in cloister, 81

Ordericus Vitalis: his work stopped by cold, 80

_ordo_: a shelf, 244

Oriel Coll., Oxf.: library statute, 133-134

Ouen, Saint: library, 244

Ovid: lines from the _Tristia_ describing Palatine library, 18

Oxford: destruction of MSS. 1549, 247

Pachomius (S.): provisions of his rule, 64, 65, _note_

Palatine library, Rome: _see_ Apollo

Pamphilus: founds library at Caesarea, 62

Parchment: story of its invention at Pergamon, 8

Parkhurst, Bp John: bequeathes books to Guildford school, 263

Paul, S., London, Cathedral: library, 122;
library built by Wren, 282-4

Paulinus, Bp of Nola:
describes use of apse in basilica built by himself, 63

Peace, library in Temple of, at Rome: _see_ Vespasian

_pegmata_ = shelves: use and meaning discussed, 32;
in Cicero's library, 33;
conclusion respecting, 34

Peisistratus, tyrant of Athens: said to have collected a library, 5

Pembroke Coll., Camb.: library statute, 139;
library fittings, 160;
bookcases at, 254

Peniscola: library of Boniface XIII., 244

Pergamon: description of site, 7;
foundation of library by Eumenes II., 8;
given to Cleopatra by Antony, _ibid._;
plan of temple and precinct of Athena, 9;
account of German exploration, 9-11;
plan possibly copied at Rome by Q. Metellus, 14;
described to Romans by Crates of Mallus, _ibid._;
copied by Hadrian at Athens, 18;
by Pope Damasus at Rome, 42

Peter (S.), Liverpool, Ch. of:
books bequeathed by John Fells, mariner, 1815, to be chained, 266

Peterborough: cloister windows glazed, 100

Peterhouse, Camb.: library statutes, 134-136;
discussion of catalogue dated 1418, 145-148;
lecterns in old library, 160;
bookcases put up between 1641 and 1648, 251;
chaining of books bequeathed by Dr Perne 1588, 265

Peter (S.) Mancroft, Norwich: wooden press in vestry, 96, _note_

Philobiblon: description of libraries of Mendicants quoted from, 72;
injunction to handle MSS. carefully, 76, _note_;
book-chest prescribed in, 297

Pigeon-hole system: used in Roman libraries, 47

Pilkington, Bp James: statutes for school at Rivington, 262

Platina, Bartolommeo: appointed librarian of Vatican, 208;
engages a binder, 209;
writes inscription in Latin library, 215;
rooms for himself and his assistants, 216;
orders desks for Latin library, 217;
selects subjects for frescoes in Ospedale di Santo Spirito, 225;
his assistants, 231-2;
provides all articles required for maintenance, 232

Pliny (the younger): describes _armarium_ sunk in wall of his bedroom, 38

_pluteus_ = shelf: use of word discussed and illustrated, 32, 33, 34

Pollio, C. Asinius:
builds a library and an _atrium libertatis_ in Rome B.C. 39, 12

Polycrates, tyrant of Samos: said to have collected a library, 4

Pompeii: reproduction of fresco shewing way to hold roll, 27

Pontis, Wm.: builds staircase in Rouen Cathedral, 129

Porticus Octaviae, 12-14

Portraits of departed authors used to decorate libraries:
at Pergamon, 11;
by C. Asinius Pollio, 12;
by Augustus, 14;
in private libraries, 35;
inscriptions accompanying them, _ibid._;
described by Eucherius, Bp of Lyons, in a private library, 43;
in library designed by pope Agapetus, 44

Precentor: called also _armarius_ and entrusted with care of books by
Cluniacs, 67;
Benedictines, 68;
Augustinians, 71;
Premonstratensians, 72;
supervises use of press at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99

Premonstratensians: rules for books among, 72

_Procurator bibliothecarum_: officer appointed by Augustus, 18

Protection of MSS.: rule for holding a MS., 76;
hands to be clean, _ibid._;
handkerchiefs to be wrapped round, _ibid._;
entreaties to use carefully, _ibid._;
curses on those who damage or steal, 77

Queens' Coll., Camb.: number of books in library 1472, 145;
equidistant windows of library, 148;
library selected as type, 151;
analysis of catalogue dated 1472, 167

Queen's Coll., Oxf.: library built by Hawkesmoore, 255

Ramsey Abbey, Hunts: bad weather in cloister at, 80

Remi, S., at Rheims: library belonging to, 286

Reserved library: in collegiate libraries, 145;
at Assisi, 207;
at Vatican, 211

Rheims: library of S. Remi, 286; of the Jesuits, 287

Riquier (S.): library, 102

Rivington: school library, 262;
Bp Pilkington's statute for, _ibid._

Roche, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86

_roe_, a wheel = a book-desk, 294;
explained, 295;
illustrated, 304-308

Rolls: dimensions, use, etc., 27;
fastened to stick, 28;
this decorated with knobs (_cornua_), _ibid._;
edges (_frontes_) of roll cut, _ibid._;
ticket (_index_) appended, 29;
closed with straps (_lora_), _ibid._;
wrapped in covers, _ibid._;
carried in a _capsa_ or _scrinium_, 30;
receptacles for, 30-34;
desk for reading, 36;
_armarium_ to contain, 37

Rome: _see_ Libraries, Roman

Rouen: Cathedral library, 128-130

Salisbury: Cathedral library, 121

Sarcophagus:
in Mus. Naz., Rome, with shoemaker at work in front of a press, 38;
in Villa Balestra, with physician reading, _ibid._

_scrinium_: box for carrying rolls, 30

Scriptorium: endowment, at Ely, 79;
at S. Albans, 80

Scrivener, Matt.:
bequeathes L50 to Univ. Library, Camb., 1687, to buy chains, 265

_sedile_: meaning discussed, 243

Sellyng, Prior, at Canterbury: sets up carrells in the cloister, 99;
glazes the windows, 100;
fits up library, 106

Seneca: denounces fashion for book-collecting, 21

_Ship of Fools_: lectern used in, 297

Shiryngton, Walt.: builds library at Old S. Paul's Cathedral, 122

[Greek: sillibos] = ticket bearing the name of a roll, 29;
used in Cicero's library, 33

Simon, abbat of S. Albans: book-chest, 292

_solarium_ = press, 207

Sorbonne: library, 164;
glass in windows of library, 242

_spalera_ or _spalliera_: a settle, 228

Stained glass: instances of, in libraries, 241

_stalla_ or _stallum_: meaning discussed, 242

Stall-system: term explained, 172;
type at Corp. Chr. Coll., Oxf., _ibid._;
description of these cases, 173;
chaining used, 174-8;
fittings at Merton Coll., Oxf., 178-185;
at S. John the Baptist Coll., Trinity Coll.,
Bodl. Library, Oxford, 185;
at Clare Coll., Camb., 186;
Westminster Abbey, 187;
Wells Cathedral, 188;
Durham Cath., 189;
origin probably monastic, 190;
Christ Church, Cant., 190-4;
Clairvaux, 196-8;
Howley-Harrison library at Canterbury, 256

Student-monks: at Oxf. and Camb., 142

Sudbury, John, dean of Durham: fits up Frater as library, 189

_tabula_, board covered with wax and parchment to record loan of
books, 139

_textus_ = bookshelf: at Ch. Ch., Canterbury, 192, 243

_theca_: a shelf or cupboard, 87, _note_

Theodmarus Cassinensis: his letter to Charlemagne quoted, 76 and _note_

Tiberius, Emperor: his library in Rome, 15, 16;
this mentioned by Aulus Gellius, 19;
contained public records, _ibid._

Tibur = Tivoli: story of library in temple of Hercules, 20

Tintern, Cistercian Abbey: book-room, 86

Titchfield: book-room and arrangement, 87

_titulus_ = ticket bearing the name of a roll, 28

Tournai: _see_ Martin (S.)

Trajan: library in his forum in Rome, 15;
statements of Aulus Gellius and Vopiscus respecting, 19;
described by Nibby, 37

_trichora_; applied to a triple apse, 63;
use of the word by Dioscorides, 64

Trigg, Fra.: founds library at Grantham, 257

Trinity Coll., Camb.: chaining of books given in 1601, 265;
Wren's library built, 277-281

Trinity Hall, Camb.: library statute, 136;
library described, 168

Troyes: library in Cathedral, 126

Turton: library, 259

Udine, Giovanni da: supplies stained glass to Medicean Library, 235

Ulpian, jurist: decisions respecting libraries and their furniture, 37

Ulpian library, at Rome: _see_ Trajan

_umbilicus_ = stick to which roll was fastened, 28

Universities: visited by Commissioners of Edward VI., 247

University Coll., Oxf.: library statute, 133

University Library, Camb.: subjects of books catalogued 1424, 144;
ditto 1473, 145;
bookcases supplied to, 1731-4, 285

Urbino: account of library, 233;
private study of Duke, 314

Varro, M. Terentius:
employed by C. Julius Caesar to collect books for his intended
library, 12;
his bust admitted into Pollio's library, _ibid._

Vatican Library of Sixtus IV.: description of, 208-32;
appointment of Platina as librarian, 208;
selection of site, 209;
fourfold division, 211;
purchase of materials, _ibid._;
engagement of artists, _ibid._;
door of entrance made, 212;
Latin Library described, _ibid._;
its decoration, 213;
Greek Library described, _ibid._;
its decoration, 215;
Bibliotheca secreta described, _ibid._;
Bibliotheca pontificia, _ibid._;
glazing of the windows, 216;
rooms for librarians, _ibid._;
bookcases for Latin library ordered, 217;
for _Bibliotheca secreta_, _ibid._;
catalogue-frames and coffers ordered, 218;
cases for _Bibliotheca pontificia_ ordered, _ibid._;
chains bought, 219;
information derived from catalogues, 220-4;
contemporary fresco representing library, 225;
arrangement of cases in the four rooms, 226-9;
globes and brazier, 229;
rule for good behaviour in, 1513, _ibid._;
visit of Montaigne, 230;
loans from, 230-1;
staff of library, 231;
maintenance of, 232

Vatican Library of Sixtus V.: type of an ancient Roman library, 47;
summary account of decoration, 48;
detailed do., 49-60

Versailles: libraries of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, 287

Verses: by Martial, to be placed under his own portrait, 35;
by Isidore of Seville, for the presses in his library, 45

Vespasian: his library in Rome _in templo Paris_, 15;
statement of Aulus Gellius respecting, 19;
his record-office, now church of SS. Cosma e Damiano, 25

Victor (S.), Paris: books bequeathed to, on condition of loan, 75;
library open to strangers, _ibid._;
lines from MSS. at, admonishing readers to be careful, 76;
curse habitually used at, 77, _note_;
library built at, 1501-8, 108;
catalogue of library analysed, 166-7

Villa Balestra, Rome: sarcophagus, 38

Vivarium, near Squillace: monastery of Cassiodorus near, 44

_volumen_ = roll, 27-30;
box for, 30;
fittings of libraries adapted to, 34;
representation of one of these, 35

Wall-system: name proposed, 267;
library of Escorial, 267-270;
Ambrosian Library at Milan, 271;
Bibliotheque Mazarine, 272-274

Wells Cathedral: library at, 123;
described, 188

Wessyngton, Prior: builds library at Durham, 107

Westminster Abbey: plan of cloister at, 91;
account of library in, 91-94;
carrells, 92, 93;
resemblance to Gloucester, 98;
library fitted up 1623-4, 187

Wheel-desk: _see_ roe

Whethamstede, John: builds library at S. Albans, 108;
at Gloucester House, Oxf., 142

Whittington, Sir R.: builds library at Christ's Hospital 1421, 108

Williams, John, Bp of Lincoln:
fits up dorter at Westminster Abbey as library 1623-4, 187;
builds library at S. John's Coll., Camb., 248-251

Wimborne: Minster library, 261

Winchester: position of library, 108

Winckelmann, J. J.: description of library at Herculaneum, 25

Wings, attached to bookcases: at Peterhouse, Camb., 252;
at University Library, 253;
at Pembroke Coll., 254

Worcester Cathedral: book-recesses in cloister at, 84;
library at, 108;
Bishop Carpenter's library-foundation, 126-8

Wren, Sir C.: visits Paris, 276;
builds library at Lincoln Cathedral, 277;
at Trinity College, Cambridge, 277-281;
at S. Paul's Cathedral, London, 282-4

Wren, Matt.: account of Pembroke Coll. library, 139, 160

York: Cathedral library, 125

Zutphen: library described, 153-159

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