. Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages. heirbibliographical work, are germane to our subject. In mid-thirteenth century some Black Friars of Paris laboured tocorrect the text of the Latin Bible; and to enable copyiststo restore the true text when transcribing, they drew upmanuals, called Correctoria. One such manual, now knownas the Correctorium Vaticanum, was prepared by William dela Mare, a Grey brother of Oxford, in the course of fortyyears labour; and it is a work which before all otherslaid down sound principles of true scientific criticism
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. Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages. heirbibliographical work, are germane to our subject. In mid-thirteenth century some Black Friars of Paris laboured tocorrect the text of the Latin Bible; and to enable copyiststo restore the true text when transcribing, they drew upmanuals, called Correctoria. One such manual, now knownas the Correctorium Vaticanum, was prepared by William dela Mare, a Grey brother of Oxford, in the course of fortyyears labour; and it is a work which before all otherslaid down sound principles of true scientific criticism uponwhich to base a correction of the Vulgate text. * Another special work of the Grey brethren, the RegistrumLibrorum Angliae, ^ was less important, although it moreclearly illustrates their high regard for books. Some timein the fourteenth century, by seeking information fromabout one hundred and sixty monasteries, some friars drew 1 R. de B., Thomas ed. 203. 2 Stevenson, 87. Gasquet, 140, q.v. for full description of these Correctoria.* MS. Bodl. Tanner, 165. PLATE X Ate OcuJfimtd. -^ccalSmafife«itrt«ti% ^• THE GREY FRIARS CATALOGUE OF CONVENTUAL LIBRARIES BODL. MS. TANNER 165, f. IIQ