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“Manners and Household Expenses” (Roxburghe Club).

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“Books in Manuscript,” 1893, p. 43.

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Leader Scott’s “Renaissance of Art in Italy,” 1883, p. 194.

19

Maitland’s “Dark Ages,” 1844, p. 272.

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Mr. Madan has given in Appendix A to his most useful and interesting work on “Books in Manuscript,” 1893, a list of public libraries which contain more than 4000 MSS. The largest collections are as follows:—British Museum, 52,000, and 162,000 charters; Bodleian Library, 31,000; Royal Library, Vienna, 20,000; Brussels, 30,000; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 80,000; Royal Library, Berlin, 16,000; Munich, 26,000; the Vatican, Rome, 23,600; Biblioteca Nazionale, Florence, 15,000; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, 25,000.

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Dr. Burney gave £620 for it at Towneley’s sale, 1815.

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