The Care of Books

Name: The Care of Books
Author: Clark, John Willis

Clark, John Willis

Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History

Libraries, monastic: rule of Pachomius, 64;
    general considerations 65;
    Benedictine Rule, 66;
    Cluniac Customs, _ibid._;
    decrees given to English Benedictines by Lanfranc, 67;
    Customs of Benedictine Houses, 68;
    of Carthusians, 69;
    of Cistercians, 70;
    of Augustinians, _ibid._;
    of Premonstratensians, 72;
    of Mendicants, _ibid._;
    general conclusions, 73;
    divided into library of reference and library for lending, 74;
    open to strangers, 75;
    books a necessary possession, _ibid._;
    protection of books, 76;
    curses, 77;
    endowment of libraries, 79;
    work done and books kept in the cloister, 80;
    furniture used, 81;
    _armarium commune_, 82;
    at Fossa Nuova, _ibid._;
    at Worcester, 84;
    evolution of Cistercian book-room, 84-89;
    arrangements in Benedictine Houses, 90;
    at Westminster Abbey, 91-94;
    supervision at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99;
    decoration, 100;
    growth of, 101;
    at S. Riquier, S. Gall, Bobbio, Lorsch, Durham, Canterbury, 102;
    construction of a special library, 106;
    at Canterbury, _ibid._;
    Durham and Gloucester, 107;
    Winchester, S. Albans, Worcester, Bury S. Edmunds, S. Victor, Paris,
        Franciscans of London, 108;
    Citeaux, 109-112;
    Clairvaux, 112-114;
    S. Germain des Pres, Paris, 114;
    destruction in England, 246;
    extension of their libraries in France in 17th cent., 287;
    library of Jesuits at Rheims, 287-289;
    of S. Genevieve, Paris, 289;
    S. Germain des Pres, _ibid._;
    Monte Cassino, 290

  Libraries, parochial: at Grantham, 257;
    at Langley Marye, 258;
    Cartmel, _ibid._;
    will of H. Chetham, 259;
    Gorton, _ibid._;
    Turton, _ibid._;
    Wimborne Minster, 261;
    Denchworth, 262;
    All Saints', Hereford, _ibid._;
    Abingdon, _ibid._

  Libraries, private: books kept in chests, 292;
    tower in Louvre fitted up as library, 293;
    illustration of this, 294;
    a Carmelite in his study, 296;
    a scholar's chair, 297;
    lectern, 297-9;
    _Ship of Fools_, 298;
    library of Margaret of Austria, 299-302;
    of Anne de Beaujeu, 302;
    Italian lectern, 304;
    wheel-desk, 304-8;
    chairs with desk, 309-312;
    desks used in Italy, 312;
    wall-cupboards, 313;
    scholar's room, 314;
    study of Duke of Urbino, _ibid._;
    of Montaigne, 315;
    Palazzo Barberini, 316;
    library of Dean Boys, 317

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History

The Care of Books

Clark, John Willis

Libraries -- History; Library architecture -- History; Library fittings and supplies -- History

Libraries, monastic: rule of Pachomius, 64;
    general considerations 65;
    Benedictine Rule, 66;
    Cluniac Customs, _ibid._;
    decrees given to English Benedictines by Lanfranc, 67;
    Customs of Benedictine Houses, 68;
    of Carthusians, 69;
    of Cistercians, 70;
    of Augustinians, _ibid._;
    of Premonstratensians, 72;
    of Mendicants, _ibid._;
    general conclusions, 73;
    divided into library of reference and library for lending, 74;
    open to strangers, 75;
    books a necessary possession, _ibid._;
    protection of books, 76;
    curses, 77;
    endowment of libraries, 79;
    work done and books kept in the cloister, 80;
    furniture used, 81;
    _armarium commune_, 82;
    at Fossa Nuova, _ibid._;
    at Worcester, 84;
    evolution of Cistercian book-room, 84-89;
    arrangements in Benedictine Houses, 90;
    at Westminster Abbey, 91-94;
    supervision at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99;
    decoration, 100;
    growth of, 101;
    at S. Riquier, S. Gall, Bobbio, Lorsch, Durham, Canterbury, 102;
    construction of a special library, 106;
    at Canterbury, _ibid._;
    Durham and Gloucester, 107;
    Winchester, S. Albans, Worcester, Bury S. Edmunds, S. Victor, Paris,
        Franciscans of London, 108;
    Citeaux, 109-112;
    Clairvaux, 112-114;
    S. Germain des Pres, Paris, 114;
    destruction in England, 246;
    extension of their libraries in France in 17th cent., 287;
    library of Jesuits at Rheims, 287-289;
    of S. Genevieve, Paris, 289;
    S. Germain des Pres, _ibid._;
    Monte Cassino, 290

  Libraries, parochial: at Grantham, 257;
    at Langley Marye, 258;
    Cartmel, _ibid._;
    will of H. Chetham, 259;
    Gorton, _ibid._;
    Turton, _ibid._;
    Wimborne Minster, 261;
    Denchworth, 262;
    All Saints', Hereford, _ibid._;
    Abingdon, _ibid._

  Libraries, private: books kept in chests, 292;
    tower in Louvre fitted up as library, 293;
    illustration of this, 294;
    a Carmelite in his study, 296;
    a scholar's chair, 297;
    lectern, 297-9;
    _Ship of Fools_, 298;
    library of Margaret of Austria, 299-302;
    of Anne de Beaujeu, 302;
    Italian lectern, 304;
    wheel-desk, 304-8;
    chairs with desk, 309-312;
    desks used in Italy, 312;
    wall-cupboards, 313;
    scholar's room, 314;
    study of Duke of Urbino, _ibid._;
    of Montaigne, 315;
    Palazzo Barberini, 316;
    library of Dean Boys, 317

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The Care of Books

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