A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1900)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London ; Oxford : J. Parker · leaf 160
i5° JL ectern— H t hr arg . wood or brass, and moveable; they were also often covered with costly hang- … books. Library, a room or suite of rooms attached to collegiate and monastic establishments for the keeping of the books. No evidence remains of the fittings further than it is pro- bable the few books and rolls possessed were kept in chests. In early wills the books are generally mentioned among…
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