The Care of Books

by John Willis Clark

FOOTNOTES:

[258] The Statutes of the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge bearing on the care of books have been thoroughly analysed by Professor Willis in his essay on "The Library," Arch. Hist. iii. pp. 387-471, which I edited and completed. I have therefore not thought it necessary to acknowledge each quotation separately, but I wish it to be understood that this section of my present book is to a great extent borrowed from him.

[259] Wood, History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford, ed. Gutch, 4to. Oxford, 1796, Vol. ii. Part 2, p. 910.

[260] Commiss. Docts. (Oxford), Vol. 1. Statutes of Merton College, Cap. 2, p. 24.

[261] Sketch of the Life of Walter de Merton, by Edmund [Hobhouse], Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, 8vo. Oxford, 1859, p. 39.

[262] Annals of University College, by Wm. Smith, 8vo. 1728, pp. 37-39. I have compared Mr Smith's version with the Statute as printed by Anstey, Munimenta Academica, i. 58, 59, and have made a few corrections.

[263] Commiss. Docts. (Oxford), Vol. i. Statutes of Oriel College, p. 14.

[264] Ibid. p. 22.

[265] Commiss. Docts. (Cambridge), ii. 38. De omnibus libris Domus, Munimentis, et Chartis custodiendis.