Vivons Esemble! ♥

Posts tagged useful

102 notes

frenchhistory:


Un livre enchaînéXVe siècle, FranceParis, BnF, département des Manuscrits, NAL 226
@credits

Books were expensive during the Middle Ages: they cost as much as a small cattle of cows. So to avoid thieves in the colleges and universities’ libraries, books had to be chained to the bookshelves, which also enabled it to remain at the good place. 

frenchhistory:


Un livre enchaîné
XVe siècle, FranceParis, BnF, département des Manuscrits, NAL 226

@credits

Books were expensive during the Middle Ages: they cost as much as a small cattle of cows. So to avoid thieves in the colleges and universities’ libraries, books had to be chained to the bookshelves, which also enabled it to remain at the good place. 

Filed under books history Middle Ages france useful