The Care of Books

by John Willis Clark

• 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]

• Cæsar, Julius: intends to build public library in Rome, [12]
• Cæsarea: 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];
  • Collège 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]
• [Διφθερα]
  • = 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]
• [Επιστυλιον]: use of word explained, [32], [note]
• Escõrial:
  • built by Philip II., [267];
  • description of library, [268];
  • of bookcases, [269];
  • cases copied at Bibliothèque 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]
• Geneviève, S., Paris: description of library, [289]
• Germain (S.) des Près, 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. Geneviève, [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]
• Grönendaal: 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 Cæsarea, 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]
• Jumièges: curse from MS. at, [78]
• Juniper: bought to fumigate Vatican Library, [232]

• Kederminster, Sir John: founds library at Langley, [258]
• Kempis, Thomas à:
  • 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]