The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . ards 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
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . ards 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 iron ring,an inch and a quarter indiameter, to which one end ofthe chain is fastened (fig. 3).The book is placed on theshelf with the fore-edge turnedoutwards, and the other endof the chain is fastened to asecond ring, rather larger than the former, which plays along aniron bar (fig. 4). For the two upper shelves these bars are. Fig. 4. A single volume, standing on theshelf, with the chain attached to the ironbar: Hereford. CHAINING OF BOOKS: HEREFORD. 421
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