99
_To face_ 179

81. Ground-plan of the Library at Merton College, Oxford 180

82. Interior of the West Library at Merton College, Oxford. From a
photograph by H. W. Taunt, 1899 _To face_ 181

83. Bookcase in the West Library of Merton College, Oxford. From a
photograph by H. W. Taunt, 1899 _To face_ 181

84. Elevation of a bookcase and seat in the West Library at Merton
College, Oxford. Measured and drawn by T. D. Atkinson, Architect 182

85. Stall-end in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge 187

86. Ring for attachment of chain, Wells 189

87. Bookcases in the Library of Durham Cathedral. From a photograph
_To face_ 189

88. Conjectural plan of the Library over the Prior's Chapel at Christ
Church, Canterbury 191

89. Sketch of the probable appearance of a bookcase, and a reader's
seat, in the Library at Christ Church, Canterbury 193

90, 91. Ground-plan and section of Library at Cesena 200

92. General view of the Library at Cesena. From a photograph
_To face_ 201

93. Bookcases at west end of south side of Library, Cesena 201

94. Part of a bookcase, at Cesena to shew the system of chaining 202

95. Piece of a chain, Cesena 203

96. Chained book at Ghent 204

97. Ground-plan of part of the Vatican Palace, shewing the building of
Nicholas V., as arranged for library purposes by Sixtus IV., and
its relation to the surrounding structures. From Letarouilly, _Le
Vatican_, fol. Paris, 1882, as reproduced by M. Fabre 210

98. Ground-plan of the rooms in the Vatican Palace fitted up for
library-purpose by Sixtus IV _To follow_ 208

99. Interior of the Library of Sixtus IV., as shewn in a fresco in the
Ospedale di Santo Spirito, Rome. From a photograph taken by
Danesi _To face_ 225

100. The library-settles (_spalliere_) once used in the Vatican
Libr