The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . Fig. 2. Bookcase in the Chapter Library, Hereford Cathedral. is 9 feet 8 inches long, 2 feet 2 inches wide, and about 8 feethigh. The material is unplaned oak, very rough; the ends are 1 [The drawings at Hereford were made by the permission, and with the kindassistance, of the Rev. John Jebb, , Canon of Hereford.] 27—2 420 THE 3. Part of a single volume, shewing theclasp, the ring for the chain, and the modeof attaching it: Hereford. 2 inches thick, made of three boards, fastened
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . Fig. 2. Bookcase in the Chapter Library, Hereford Cathedral. is 9 feet 8 inches long, 2 feet 2 inches wide, and about 8 feethigh. The material is unplaned oak, very rough; the ends are 1 [The drawings at Hereford were made by the permission, and with the kindassistance, of the Rev. John Jebb, , Canon of Hereford.] 27—2 420 THE 3. Part of a single volume, shewing theclasp, the ring for the chain, and the modeof attaching it: Hereford. 2 inches thick, made of three boards, fastened together withstrong wooden pegs. The vertical supports which sustain the first shelf are also 2 inchesthick ; but the divisions be-tween the upper shelves, madeof rough boards which do notmeet, and all the shelvesare only one inch whole structure seems tobe quite original, with theexception of the cornice, thebrackets which support thedesk, and the frames to con-tain the catalogue. The latter,which occur on three casesonly, are known to have beenadded in the 17th centuryby Thomas Thornton, ,Canon Residentiary. The books,being all manu-scripts, are still bound in theiroriginal boards, fastened to-gether with clasps of attach the chain a narrowstrip of flat brass is passedround the left-hand board, andriveted to it, in such a manneras to leave a loop in front ofthe edge of the board, wideenough to admit an
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