| CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY—THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH
MONASTERIES Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages | ||
"What tyme pat abbeies were first ordeyned
and monkis were first gadered to gydre."
—Inscribed in MS. of Life of Barlaam and Josaphat, Peterhouse, Camb.
| CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY—THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH
MONASTERIES Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages | ||