Via dello Statuto discovered by Lanciani, 22;
at Herculaneum, 23;
near Rome, as described by Martial, 31;
record-house of Vespasian, 26, 27;
contents of Roman libraries, 27-30;
fittings of Roman libraries: discussion of words used, 30-33;
what the furniture so designated was, 34, 35;
representation found at Neumagen, 35;
desk for rolls in Lateran Museum, 36;
presses (_armaria_), 36-41

Libraries, Roman (A.D.): decoration mentioned by Boethius, 41;
by Isidore, 41, 42;
library described by Eucherius, 43;
of pope Agapetus, 44;
of Isidore, Bp of Seville, 45;
summary of pagan conception of a library, 47;
illustrated by Vatican Library of Sixtus V., 47-60

Libraries of Schools: Abingdon, 262;
Bicester, _ibid._;
Rivington, _ibid._;
Guildford, 263;
Bury, _ibid._;
Bolton, 264

_Library_ = bookcase, 244

Lichfield Cathedral: library, 123

Lincoln Cathedral: library, 117;
desks described, 161

_linea_: a shelf for books, 105, _note_;
at Saint Ouen, 244

Linen: books written on, 20

L'Isle, Roger: gives books to Oxford, 132

Loan of books: from public libraries in Rome, 20

Loan of books (for external use): allowed at Abingdon, 68;
Evesham, 69;
among Carthusians, 70;
Augustinians, 71;
Premonstratensians, 72;
enjoined on monks by Council of Paris 1212, 74;
books bequeathed that they may be lent, 75;
one House lent to another, _ibid._;
to Oxford scholars, 132;
prescribed in College Statutes, 133-137;
instances of, at Merton Coll., 140;
from Vatican Library, 230-1

Loan of books (to brethren on written attestation): among Cluniacs, 67;
Benedictines, 68;
Augustinians, 71;
probable meaning of this provision, 74, note

_loculamentum_ = pigeon-hole:
receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 31, 32

_lora_ = straps to keep rolls closed, 29

Lorenzo in Damaso: church, 42

Lorsch: library, 102

Louvre: library fitted up, 293

Lucullus: library described, 20, 21

_Lumen animae_: chained book so called, 203

Magdalen Coll., Oxf.: library statute at, 137

Margaret of Austria: library described, 299-302

Mark, S., Florence, Dominican Convent of: library, 205

Martin (S.) des Champs, Paris: endowment of library, 79

Martin (S.), at Tournai: literary work in cloister, 81

Mary (S.) Church in Oxf.: books