The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . has been onceunderstood, it is not difficult to detect more or less completetraces of it. It is therefore necessary, in order to explain it, tolook elsewhere for an example. Single volumes are not un-frequently to be found chained in churches, but, so far as wehave been able to discover, there are only three collections ofbooks in England now attached to the shelves by chains,namely: the Chapter Library in Hereford Cathedral; a Libraryin the vestry of the parish Church of All Saints in the sam
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . has been onceunderstood, it is not difficult to detect more or less completetraces of it. It is therefore necessary, in order to explain it, tolook elsewhere for an example. Single volumes are not un-frequently to be found chained in churches, but, so far as wehave been able to discover, there are only three collections ofbooks in England now attached to the shelves by chains,namely: the Chapter Library in Hereford Cathedral; a Libraryin the vestry of the parish Church of All Saints in the samecity ; and the Library attached to Wimborne Minster. These wehave carefully examined, and will proceed to describe, by thehelp of the accompanying illustrations, reduced from drawingsmade on the spot1. In the next place we will examine the systemadopted on the continent, which will be found, in some places atleast, to differ materially from that which was adopted in England. In the first of the above-mentioned libraries there are fivecomplete bookcases (fig. 2) and the ruins of two others. Each. 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 LIBRARY.
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