Medieval History
It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library - rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line the tall wooden shelves secured in place on thick metal rods.
Hereford Cathedral's chained library dates back to 1611 and it is not hard to imagine how it looked in Medieval times when it was used by scholars and the clergy as a reference centre for religious study and church law.
Books were chained because they were so valuable at the time - before the printing press each book took hours of skilled work to produce.
The start of the year sees the library undergo its annual deep clean but how do you clean 1,500 books and 225 Medieval manuscripts particularly when those items are chained to the shelves?
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Medieval History
Medieval library with chained books gets annual clean
It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library - rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line the tall wooden shelves secured in place on thick metal rods.
Hereford Cathedral's chained library dates back to 1611 and it is not hard to imagine how it looked in Medieval times when it was used by scholars and the clergy as a reference centre for religious study and church law.
Books were chained because they were so valuable at the time - before the printing press each book took hours of skilled work to produce.
The start of the year sees the library undergo its annual deep clean but how do you clean 1,500 books and 225 Medieval manuscripts particularly when those items are chained to the shelves?
Click here to read this article from the BBC
Click here for more information about the Library
- The Great Lost Library Of Alcuin?s York Exhibition To Take Place At The University Of York
A new series of multimedia exhibitions at the University of York will begin next month starting with the fascinating story of the great lost library of Alcuin and the research of Dr Mary Garrison from the University?s Department of History. In the...
- Medieval Manuscripts Highlight Of Lilly Workshops At Indiana University
British scribe and illuminator Patricia Lovett will be this year?s guest for Indiana University?s Mediaevalia at the Lilly, an annual event focused on the Lilly Library?s large collection of rare medieval manuscripts and books. The event is directed by...
- Major Medieval Library In Amsterdam May Have Collection Sold Off
The upcoming sale of a medieval manuscript has raised speculation that a major academic library will be closed and have it collection sold off in order to pay off its owner?s debts. The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica in the Dutch city of Amsterdam...
- Reused, Rebound, Recovered: Medieval Manuscript Fragments In Law Book Bindings: Exhibit At Yale University
Nearly 150 early printed books in the Yale Law Library have bindings that incorporate visible pieces of medieval manuscript. A number of these books are featured in the latest exhibit from the Law Library's Rare Book Collection, "Reused, Rebound,...
- Digitisation Of The Goussen Library
the Goussen library collection is a specialist library for oriental church history. It contains printed books in Western classical and modern languages, but predominantly printed books in oriental languages such as Syrian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Arabic, Armenian...