Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History
Chaining: books chained in S. Mary's Ch., Oxf., cent, xiii., 132;
at Peterhouse, Camb., 135, 145;
Trinity Hall, 136, 168;
New Coll., Oxf., 137;
indiscriminate chaining forbidden, 138;
system in use at Zutphen explained, 153-159;
in Stadtbibliothek at Nuremberg, 163;
at Sorbonne, Paris, 164;
College d'Autun, 166;
S. Victor, _ibid._;
inconvenience of, at Oxf., 172;
at Hereford described, 174-8;
at Merton Coll., Oxf., 181, 182;
traces of, at S. John's Coll., Oxf., 185;
at Cathedral Library, Wells, 189;
at Cesena, 203;
on printed book from Hungary now at Ghent, 204;
chains bought for Vatican Library, 219;
at Medicean library, Florence, 238-240;
at Grantham, 257;
Cartmel, 258;
Gorton, 259;
Chetham library, Manchester, 260;
Wimborne, 261;
Denchworth, 262;
All Saints', Hereford, _ibid._;
Abingdon, Berks, _ibid._;
Bicester, _ibid._;
Guildford, 263;
instances of late use of chaining, 264;
Faculty of Medicine, Paris, _ibid._;
Corpus Christi Coll., Camb., _ibid._;
Gray's Inn, _ibid._;
S. John's Coll., Gonville and Caius Coll.,
Peterhouse, Trinity Coll., Camb., 265;
Library of Barber Surgeons, _ibid._;
wills of Sir M. Hale and M. Scrivener, _ibid._;
chains taken off at various places, 266;
inconvenience of, at Bodleian, _ibid._, note
Chair with desk: figured in MSS., 309-312
Chapter-House:
spaces divided off at west end for book-rooms in monasteries, 87-89;
books read in neighbourhood of, 89
Charles V., King of France: book-chest, 293;
fits up library in Louvre, _ibid._
Chest for books: bought for Vatican Library, 218;
used by Simon, Abbat of S. Albans, 292;
in France, 293
Chester Cathedral: arches in cloister, possibly used for books, 89
Chetham, Humphry: provisions of will, 259;
library in Manchester, 260
Chichele, Abp: builds library at Canterbury, 106;
account of this, 190
Christ Church, Canterbury: curse from a MS., 78;
library-walk of cloister, 91;
sets of nine holes, 92;
carrells in use, 99;
glass in cloister, 100;
catalogue, saec. xii., 102;
library, 106;
probable extent and arrangement of this described, 190-194;
Howley-Harrison library, 256
Christopher Le Stocks (S.), Lond.: library, 244
Christ's Hospital, Lond.: library, 108
Churches: libraries built in or near, 61, 64
Cirta: library, 62
Cistercians: rules for books, 70;
evolution of book-room, 84-89;
plan of this at Fossa Nuova, 85;
Kirkstall, _ibid._;
arrangement of books in, at Meaux, 86;
Titchfield, 87;
book-rooms at west end of Chapter House, Furness, _ibid._;
Calder Abbey, 88;
Fountains, _ibid._;
Beaulieu, 89;
Hayles _ibid._;
Chester Cathedral, _ibid._
Citeaux: books chained near Chapter House, 89;
arrangement of books, saec. xv., 103-106;
permanent library, 109-112
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