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Bookcases and Desks

Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

In the Library of the University of Leyden, from a print dated 1610[modern spelling: Leiden]“It will be observed [...] that those who consulted the books were obliged to stand.” (p. 130)Two Dutch scho [...]

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books, libraries

Places shown: Leiden; The Netherlands

Added: 2005-02-06

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Chained Library in Wimborne Minster.

Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

A library room with glass display cabinets in the middle of walls lined with shelves of chained books. “In a room of the eastern tower of Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, is an important collection of c [...]

Keywords: old books, pictures of books, books, libraries

Places shown: Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-02-06

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Frontispiece

Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

Chained Bible in Cumnor Church

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books

Places shown: Cumnor; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-01-17

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Bookcase

Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (1891)

In the Library, Hereford Cathedral “So far as we have been able to discover there are only three collections of books in England now attached to the shelves by chains, namely ‘The Chapter Library in H [...]

Keywords: books, old books, pictures of books, libraries, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Hereford; Herefordshire; England

Added: 2005-06-01

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p. 46, larger area

Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia, Quae Hanc Materiam pertinent, copiosissime trectantur (1564)

An overview of a larger part of the same page as the detail.

Keywords: old books, colour, typography

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-15

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Part of the cover

Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia, Quae Hanc Materiam pertinent, copiosissime trectantur (1564)

an older manuscript was reused for the binding.

Keywords: old books, colour, typography, music

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-20

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p. 46, fragment.

Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia, Quae Hanc Materiam pertinent, copiosissime trectantur (1564)

A close-up of part of the page.

Keywords: old books, colour, typography

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-15

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a larger closeup

Eccles. Liber, In Quo Omnia, Quae Hanc Materiam pertinent, copiosissime trectantur (1564)

Keywords: old books, colour, typography

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-01-20

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The Book of the Law Found.—2 Kings 22 : 10, 11.

Religion in the Home (1913)

A priest with a long beard (actually a Scribe by the name of Shaphan) reads to King Josiah from an old book on a stand. The cited scripture (using, as the book does, the King James Bible) is: 10 And [...]

Keywords: religion, royalty, beards, books, old books, pictures of books, people, scholars

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-19

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