The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . ingle row of books, chained to a bar in front ofthe shelf, which was probably secured by a lock at one end ofthe bookcase. The desks were sloping, and, as the illustration 1 [Macray, Annals of the Bodleian Library, p. 7.] 2 [This illustration was made from a copy of the print in the British Museum, bykind permission of my friend Sidney Colvin, , Keeper of the Prints. A view ofthe Leyden Library, closely resembling that from which the illustration has beentaken, will be found in Illustrium
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . ingle row of books, chained to a bar in front ofthe shelf, which was probably secured by a lock at one end ofthe bookcase. The desks were sloping, and, as the illustration 1 [Macray, Annals of the Bodleian Library, p. 7.] 2 [This illustration was made from a copy of the print in the British Museum, bykind permission of my friend Sidney Colvin, , Keeper of the Prints. A view ofthe Leyden Library, closely resembling that from which the illustration has beentaken, will be found in Illustrium Ilollandioe et Westfrisia: Ordinum alma AcademiaLeidensis. 4to. Lugd. Bat. 1614. This view, reversed, is inserted in The Arts inthe Middle Ages, by Paul Lacroix. Engl, transl. 8vo. London, 1870, p. 475.] 426 THE LIBRARY. shews, at such a height above the ground that the readers wereobliged to stand to consult the books. The Biblioteca Laurenziana, or Medicean Library, at Flo-rence, offers another type of the arrangement of chained building, designed by Michael Angelo, was begun in 1525,. Fig. 10. Bookcases and desks in the Library of the University of Leyden ; from a print dated 1610. by desire of Pope Clement VII. (Giulio dei Medici), to containthe collection of books associated with the name of his ancestorCosmo dei Medici. The bookcases, which are singularly beautifulspecimens of woodwork, were executed, and probably designedwithout reference to Michael Angelo, by Antonio di Marco diGiano, called il Carota, and Gianbattista del Tasso. Thematerial, walnut wood, was prescribed by the pope himself1. 1 [Life and Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti. By C. H. Wilson. , 1881. Chaps, xn. XIII. See also Vasari, ed. Milanesi, 1881, vii. 203.] LAURENTIAN LIBRARY AT FLORENCE. 427 They are placed, as elsewhere, at right angles to the walls, onboth sides of the room. Their general arrangement will be under-
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