Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History
Dover, Priory of S. Martin at: introduction to catalogue translated, 194
Durham: description of the book-presses and carrells in the cloister, 90;
_armarium commune_, 93;
plan of window and account of carrells, 96-99;
library at, saec. xii., 102;
enumeration of books at, saec. xiv., 103;
library at, built 1446, 107;
library fitted up by Dean Sudbury, saec. xvii., 189
Durham Coll., Oxf.: library, 142
Ely: endowment of _scriptorium_ at, 79
Emmanuel Coll., Camb.: bookcases at, 54;
new cases in library, 285
Endowment of libraries: at Corbie, 79;
S. Martin des Champs, _ibid._;
S. Benoit-sur-Loire (Fleury), _ibid._;
at Ely, _ibid._
Entreaties to use books carefully, 76
[Greek: Epistulion]: use of word explained, 32, _note_
Escorial: built by Philip II., 267;
description of library, 268;
of bookcases, 269;
cases copied at Bibliotheque Mazarine, 273
Eton College: stained glass in Election Hall, 242;
chains taken off 1719, 266
Eucherius, Bp of Lyons: describes a private library, 43
Euripides: said to have been a book-collector, 5;
lines from the _Frogs_ about him quoted, _ibid._
Euthydemus, follower of Socrates: his library, 5
Evesham, Benedictine House in Worcestershire:
customs respecting books, 69;
carrells, 99
_fenestra_ = cupboard: in rule of S. Pachomius, 64;
meaning of word discussed, 65, note
Fleury, Abbey at: _see_ Benoit (S.)-sur-Loire
_forulus_ = cell: receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 31
Fossa Nuova: book-press at, described and figured, 82;
plan and description of book-room, 85
Fountains Abbey: position of book-rooms at, 89
foxtails: bought to dust Vatican Library, 232
Francis (S.): reproves a brother who asked for a psalter, 72, _note_
Franciscans: provisions respecting books, 72;
their libraries described in the _Philobiblon_, _ibid._
Froidmont: glass in library, 242
_frons_: used for the edge of a roll, 28;
was evidently visible, 34
Furness Abbey: book-rooms at west end of chapter-house, 87
Gall (S.): library at, 102
Galla Placidia: book-press on her tomb, 39
Gatien, S., Tours, church of: chained library at, 1718, 266
Genevieve, S., Paris: description of library, 289
Germain (S.) des Pres, Paris: library open to strangers, 75;
expansion of library at, 114-6;
fittings described, 289
Germain (S.) l'Auxerrois, church of: wooden press in, described, 95
Ghirlandajo, the brothers: engaged to decorate Vatican Library, 211;
their work described, 213
Glass: in certain cloisters, 100
Glastonbury: feelings of Leland on entering Library, 194
Globes: in Vatican Library, 229;
in library of S. Genevieve, 289
Gloucester Cathedral: library-walk of cloister, 91;
sets of nine holes, 92;
stone carrells described and figured, 96-98;
library, 107
Gonville Hall, Camb.: curse from breviary used at, 79
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