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- Hereford Cathedral Library (England)
- Zutphen Library (Netherlands)
- Francis Trigge Library (Grantham, England)
- Royal Grammar School Library (Guildford, England)
- Library at Umbourne Minster (England)
- Library Malatesta (Cesena, Italy)
- Wales Cathedral Library (Wales, England)
Video: The Secret of Medieval Libraries, or Why Monks Kept Books on Chains
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The invention of the printing press was an epoch-making event for the development of book printing. Before that, the folios were handwritten, and their price was simply fantastic, because monks pored over each book for hours, and the process of rewriting sometimes took years. In order to protect manuscripts from fraudsters and thieves, it was customary in the first libraries to attach books to shelves with chains.
Today it seems wild to us, but in medieval libraries, shelves were equipped with special rings for chains, which were long enough to work with a book, but at the same time it was impossible to take it out of the room. The books on the shelves were different from what they were today - spine-back from the reader. This avoided tangling the chain when the book was removed from the shelf.
The practice of "chaining" books with chains lasted until the end of the 1880s, when books began to be published in large quantities, and their cost did not decrease. Today, there are several libraries in the world, where books are also kept on chains.
Hereford Cathedral Library (England)
Zutphen Library (Netherlands)
Francis Trigge Library (Grantham, England)
Royal Grammar School Library (Guildford, England)
Library at Umbourne Minster (England)
Library Malatesta (Cesena, Italy)
Wales Cathedral Library (Wales, England)
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