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The Lincoln Cathedral Library is a library of Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. ==Collections== Lincoln cathedral library is perhaps the finest rare book library in the East Midlands and among the top five cathedral library collections in England. In addition there is a modern reference library which is open to the public. As well as a reference collection of c.10,000 items, there are 260 mediaeval manuscripts, including works of theology, canon law, devotional books, music and literature, and the following:〔(Lincoln Cathedral Library - Lincoln Cathedral )〕 *Text of the Venerable Bede *Lincoln’s Chapter Bible - commissioned for the new cathedral by Nicholas, Archdeacon of Huntingdon in the late 11th century *The fifteenth-century "Thornton Romances" found in the Lincoln Thornton Manuscript - includes the earliest written account of the death of King Arthur, and was a source for the poet Thomas Malory's ''Morte d'Arthur''. *''Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God'' (aka: ''Algonquian Bible'')〔(Lincoln and America's Forefathers )〕 was the first Bible printed in the Americas in 1663. The English Puritan missionary John Eliot produced a translation of the Geneva Bible into the Indian Massachusett language. The devotional books include an illuminated book of hours which is small enough to fit into a pocket. Mediaeval manuscripts are among the books on display during the annual exhibition in the Mediaeval Library, which runs from spring to autumn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln Cathedral Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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