| CHAPTER XI: THE CHARACTER OF THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY, AND THE EXTENT
OF CIRCULATION OF BOOKS Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages | ||
"Some ther be that do defye
All that is newe, and ever do crye
The olde is better, away with the new
Because it is false, and the olde is true.
Let them this booke reade and beholde
For it preferreth the learning most olde."
A Comparison betwene the old learrynge and the newe (1537).[11.1]
| CHAPTER XI: THE CHARACTER OF THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY, AND THE EXTENT
OF CIRCULATION OF BOOKS Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages | ||