| 1 | Porta major monasterii. |
| 2 | Atrium ecclesie. |
| 3 | Regalis basilica. |
| 4 | Sacrarium. |
| 5 | Claustrum parvum B. M. |
| 7 | Dormitorium. |
| 8 | Bibliotheca. |
| 9 | Dormitoria R. Patrum Congregationis. |
| 10 | Aulæ Hospitum. |
| 12 | Refectorium. |
| A. | Porte Extérieure. |
| B. | Maisons de l'enclos. |
| C. | Parvis de l'Eglise. |
| D. | L'Eglise. |
| F. | Saciristie. |
| G. | Petit Cloître. |
| H. | Grand Cloître. |
| I. | Bibliothèque. |
| K. | Dortoir. |
| L. | Réfectoire. |
| M. | Cuisine. |
| Z. | Dortoir des Hôtes. |
I now pass to Cathedrals, which vied with monasteries in the possession of a library; and, as might be expected, the two sets of buildings throw light on each other. I regret that it has now become impossible to discover the site or the extent of such a library as that of York, which was well stocked with books so early as the middle of the eighth century; or of that of Notre Dame de Paris, which was a centre of instruction as well as of learning; but some good examples of capitular libraries can be found in other places; and, like those of the monasteries, they were for the most part built in the fifteenth century. I will begin with the library of Lincoln Cathedral, part of which is still in existence[242].
The Cathedral of Lincoln was founded at the close of the eleventh century, and in the middle of the twelfth we find the books belonging to it kept in a press (armarium). We learn this from the heading of a list[243] of them when placed in the charge of Hamo, Chancellor 1150-1182, written on the first page of a copy of the Vulgate, the first volume in the collection:
Quando Hamoni cancellario cancellaria data fuit et librorum cura commissa, hos in armario invenit libros et sub custodia sua recepit, scilicet: