Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London : Methuen · leaf 73
offigs and raisins, ale and cakes ; and thereof no superfluity orexcess, but a scholastical and moderate congratulation amongstthemselves. 12. THE LIBRARY A monastery without a library is like a castle withoutan armoury was an old monastic saying. At first, andin most places in England probably to… … WATTON PRIORY. E R YORKS St John HopeBrokspeor PARTS OF A MONASTERY 35 boards to hold the manuscripts in constant use. It wasnot till the later middle ages that the practice of gather-ing together the books of an establishment into one placeor room became at all common. At Durham, about 1446,Prior…
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