, 63;
De Rossi's theory, _ibid._;
description by Paulinus of Nola, _ibid._;
view of Lenoir, 64, _note_

Aristotle: said to have been a book-collector, 5;
his methods adopted by the Ptolemies, _ibid._

Ark: desk on pattern of, 297

armarium: in Ulpian library, 20;
described by Nibby, 37;
to contain _codices_, _ibid._;
held by jurist Ulpian to be part of the library, _ibid._;
description by Pliny of one sunk in wall of a room, 38;
on sarcophagus in Museo Nazionale, Rome, with shoemaker at work,
_ibid._;
on do. in Villa Balestra, Rome, with physician reading, _ibid._;
on tomb of Galla Placidia, 39;
in Jewish synagogues, _ibid._ note;
in Codex Amiatinus, 40, 41;
verses composed for his own presses by Isidore, Bp of Seville, 45;
called _fenestra_ by Pachomius, 64, 65, _note_;
alluded to by S. Benedict, 66;
word used for a library by the Cluniacs, 67;
placed in charge of precentor, who is called also _armarius_, _ibid._;
same provisions in force at Abingdon, 68;
at Evesham, 69;
word used for a library by the Carthusians, 69;
described in Augustinian Customs, 71;
what this piece of furniture was, 81-96;
the _armarium commune_, 82;
this described and figured at Fossa Nuova, _ibid._;
Worcester Cathedral, 84;
Kirkstall, 85;
Meaux, 86;
at Titchfield, 87;
Durham, 93;
book-presses in cloister at Durham and Westminster, 90-94;
in France, 94;
examples of presses at Bayeux, Obazine, and S. Germain l'Auxerrois,
94-96;
supervision of press at S. Augustine's, Canterbury, 99

_armarius_ (who is also Precentor):
has charge of library in Cluniac Houses, 67, 73;
in Augustinian, 71;
provides for borrowing as well as lending books among the
Premonstratensians, 72

Arts: books required for course in, at Cambridge, 147

Assisi: library at, catalogued 1381, 73;
analysis of this, 206, 207

Assur-bani-pal, King of Nineveh: library in his palace, 2

Astrolabe: in library of Anne de Beaujeu, 303

Athens: notices of ancient libraries at, 5;
library built by Hadrian, 6, 16

Attalus, King: note on his stoa at Athens, 11, _note_

Augustine (S.): directions about church library at Hippo, 63

Augustine (S.), Benedictine House at Canterbury:
extract from custumary on care of MSS., 76;
rules for use of carrells, 99;