CHAPTER II.

Christian libraries connected with churches. Use of the apse. Monastic

communities. S. Pachomius. S. Benedict and his successors. Each

House had a library. Annual audit of books. Loan on security. Modes

of protection. Curses. Prayers for donors. Endowment of libraries.

Use of the cloister. Development of Cistercian book-room. Common

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