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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, Vol. 1: Edited for the Syndics of the University Press
Accordingly in the last year of Henry VIII. The University Library appeared so fallen and so useless, that a grace actually passed the Senate for converting the fabric into a divinity-school. The serious diminution in the number of the volumes at this period may be estimated on comparing the catalogue of 1473 with another that professes to have been compiled exactly one century laterl. At the last-mentioned date the number of books surviving was reduced as low as 177: while it is added, Most parte of all theis books be of velam and parchment, but veray sore cut and mangled for the lymned letters and pictures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
