A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 162
Ltttern— ILtbrarg. T5° wood or brass, and moveable ; they were also often covered with costly hang- … two flat sloping Debtling, Kent. sides, or desks, for 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…
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