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XXIV. |
(a) Duke Humfrey and Eleanor of Gloucester joining the Confraternity of St. Albans |
138 |
From MS. Cott. Nero, D vii. f. 154a |
(b) Ancient Roof of Duke Humfrey’s Library |
138 |
Photo by Jas. Hutt, M.A. |
XXV. |
Duke Humfrey’s Library, Oxford |
142 |
Photo by H. W. Taunt |
XXVI. |
Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
144 |
Photo by H. W. Taunt |
XXVII. |
Merton College Library, Oxford |
152 |
Photo by H. W. Taunt |
XXVIII. |
Public Schools and Library of the University, Cambridge |
156 |
From Loggan’s Cantab. Illus. |
XXIX. |
Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from Master’s Garden |
170 |
Photo by H. W. Taunt |
XXX. |
Carmelite in his Study |
184 |
From MS. Reg. 14 E i. f. 3, Brit. Mus. |
XXXI. |
A Scribe (St. Mark writing his Gospel), from the Bedford Hours |
196 |
From Add. MS. 18850, f. 24, Brit. Mus. |
XXXII. |
A Scribe at work, from Eadwine’s Psalter, c. 1150 |
202 |
From Bateson’s Mediæval England |
XXXIII. |
English Illuminated Work under French Influence, from Tenison Psalter |
214 |
From MS. Add. 24686, f. 12, Brit. Mus. |
XXXIV. |
Fresco of the Seven Liberal Arts, by T. Gaddi, Church of S. M. Novella, Florence |
222 |
Photo by Alinari |
XXXV. |
Ancient Vellum Book-Marker |
230 |
From MS. 49, Corpus Christi College, Camb., by permission of the Master and Fellows |
OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY—THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH MONASTERIES