. Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages. ecificdirection that it should be chained), but it was to go amongthe books for lending (statutes, iSiyy In certain of the colleges a book was read aloud duringmeals. It is noted that in 1284 the scholars of Mertonwere so noisy that the person appointed to read fromGregorys Moralia could not be properly heard.^ Readingaloud was also enjoined at University Hall, Oxford.*This was, of course, a monastic practice. This brief description of the practice of the colleges inregard to books may be concluded fitting
. Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages. ecificdirection that it should be chained), but it was to go amongthe books for lending (statutes, iSiyy In certain of the colleges a book was read aloud duringmeals. It is noted that in 1284 the scholars of Mertonwere so noisy that the person appointed to read fromGregorys Moralia could not be properly heard.^ Readingaloud was also enjoined at University Hall, Oxford.*This was, of course, a monastic practice. This brief description of the practice of the colleges inregard to books may be concluded fittingly with an accountof the rules which Richard de Bury proposed to apply forthe safety of his library when reposed within the walls ofDurham Hall. These provisions are specially interestingas an example of the care with which a fussy bookworm ^ See further. Documents relating to the Vniversity and Colleges of Cambridge(3v. 1852); Statutes of the College of Oxford (3v. 1853), especially i. 54, 97;ii. 60, 89; and Mun. Acad. Cf. Willis, Camb., iii. 387. = Lyte, 81. 3 Ibid., 84. PLATE XXIX. ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: ECONOMY 171 attempted to safeguard his treasures, and because theypermit free lending of books outside the Hall. Five ofthe scholars sojourning in the Hall were to be appointedby the Master to have charge of the books, of which fivepersons three and not fewer might lend any book orbooks for inspection and study. No book was to beallowed outside the walls of the house for copying. Therefore, when any scholar, secular or religious, whomfor this purpose we regard with equal favour, shall seekto borrow any book, let the keepers diligently consider ifthey have a duplicate of the said book, and if so, letthem lend him the book, taking such pledge as in theirjudgment exceeds the value of the book delivered, andlet a record be made forthwith of the pledge, and of thebook lent, containing the names of the persons deliveringthe book and of the person who receives it, together withthe day
Size: 1319px × 1894px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade19, booksubjectlibraries, bookyear1912
