[456] The library was 129 feet long and 31 feet broad, and most beautifully fitted up.—Lelandi Antiquarii Collectanea, vol. i. p. 109.
[457] This refers to the custom then prevalent of chaining their books, especially their choice ones, to the library shelf, or to a reading desk.
[458] MS. ibid. fo. o. 325 b.
[459] Script. Brit. p. 241, and Collectanea, iii. 52.
[460] Leland's Collect. vol. iii. p. 51. He found in the priory of the Dominicans at Cambridge, among other books, a Biblia in lingua vernacula.
[461] Steven's Monast. vol. ii. p. 194.
[462] His works were of the impressions of the Air—of the Wonder of the Elements—of Ceremonial Magic—of the Mysteries of Secrets—and the Correction of Chemistry.
[463] Sieben's Monast. vol. i. p. 183, from the MSS. of Anthony a Wood, who says, "What became of them (their books) at the dissolution unless they were carried into the library of some college, I know not."
[464] They obtained much wealth by the sale of pardons and indulgences. Margaret Est, of the convent of Franciscans, ordered her letters of pardon and absolution, to partake of the indulgences of the convent, to be returned as soon she was buried. Bloomfield's Hist. of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 565.
[465] And among others of St. Augustine's books, De Civitate Dei, with many notes in the margins, by Grostest. Wood's Hist. Oxon, p. 78.