The Queen's College . of William, fellow1432, provost 1440) versus Londoniam et ibidem quando receperunt ab EpiscopoCicestrensi libros et donaria dates domui ; vj d. pro cariagio quinque libroruma Londonia ad Oxoniam , and ij d. obolum pro prandio equi portantis eosdem .In the same roll is a charge of iiij s. pro duobus equis versus Londoniam proMiddelworth et Johanne Spensatore quando fuerunt cum Episcopo Cicestrensi prolibris et alijs donariis in negociis domus. In an Indenture of the same year thelist of Donationes begins In primum per Willelmum Reed Episcopum Cicestrensemad fabricam librar
The Queen's College . of William, fellow1432, provost 1440) versus Londoniam et ibidem quando receperunt ab EpiscopoCicestrensi libros et donaria dates domui ; vj d. pro cariagio quinque libroruma Londonia ad Oxoniam , and ij d. obolum pro prandio equi portantis eosdem .In the same roll is a charge of iiij s. pro duobus equis versus Londoniam proMiddelworth et Johanne Spensatore quando fuerunt cum Episcopo Cicestrensi prolibris et alijs donariis in negociis domus. In an Indenture of the same year thelist of Donationes begins In primum per Willelmum Reed Episcopum Cicestrensemad fabricam librarie iij li. v s. viij d. * In L. R. of William Dyer and John Marschall from the feast of St. Peter advincula (I August) 1392 to the feast of St. Thomas (7 July) 1393, among theexpenses custus intrinseci are pro ccc lattis emptis pro clausura in libraria xxx;Item in dc latnayle emptis semel pro eadem x Item pro mille latnayle alia \iceemptis pro eadem xvij d. Item pro cera rubea empta pro eadem xvj d. . Item I-H. < o co CHAINED BOOKS 77 evidence that it resembled other libraries of the period which arestill with us. Many books were chained,^ money was frequentlyspent on binding them,^ a registrarium was kept,^ and some-times the volumes were valued .* Occasionally, it would unj linitori (polisher ? who laid on the red wax) linienti clausurani in eadem xviij . Item pueris portantibus descos (desks) librarie a dome Andree carpentarii jl is paid uni cathenanti libros in libraria . In 1407-8 v
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