[3] Such books were not often found in the abbeys,
although some got to Ramsey, where Grosseteste's influence
may be suspected.
[1] These works would be Latin translations based upon Arabic
versions Opus Majus, iii. 66; Camb. Lit., i. 199; Gasquet 3, 156.
[2] Close roll, 10 Hen. III, m. 6 (3rd Sep.); Trivet, Annales,
243; Mon. Fr., i. 185; Stevenson, 76; O. H. S., Little, 57.
[3] Wood, Hist. Ant. U. Ox. (1792), i. 329.
The White Friars also had a library at Oxford, wherein
they garnered the works of every famous writer of their
order. They are praised for taking more care of their
books than the brethren of other colours.[1] In later times,
at any rate, some cause for the complaint against the Grey
Friars existed. They appear to have sold many manuscripts
to Dr. Thomas Gascoigne (c. 1433). He ultimately gave
them to the libraries of Lincoln, Durham, Balliol, and Oriel
Colleges. As the friars' mode of life grew easier and the
love of learning less keen, they got rid of many more books.
In Leland's time the library had melted away. After
much difficulty he was allowed to see the book-room,
but he found in it nothing but dust and dirt, cobwebs
and moths, and some books not worth a threepenny
piece.
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