"[6] On this occasion
one hundred marks were paid for transcribing the works
of Nicholas de Lyra, a Grey Friar highly esteemed for his
knowledge of Hebrew, and "the greatest exponent of the
literal sense of Scripture whom the medieval world can
show."[7]
[1] Mon. Fr., ii. 18.
[2] Cal. of Pap. Letters, iv. 42-43.
[3] Leland, iii. 53.
[4] Camb. Mod. Hist., i., 597.
[5] For date see Stow (Kingsford's ed.), i. 108; i, 318; Mon.
Fr., i. 519,
[6] Stow, i. 318.
[7] Camb. Mod. Hist., i. 591.
Of few of the friary libraries have we definite knowledge
of their size and character. But in the case of the Austin
Friars of York, a catalogue of their library is extant. The
collection was a notable one. The inventory was made in
1372, and the items in it, forming the bulk of the whole,
with some later additions, amounted to 646. One member
of the society named John Erghome was a remarkable
man. He was a doctor of Oxford, where he had studied
logic, natural philosophy, and theology. More than 220
books were his contribution to this splendid library, and he
it was who added the Psalter and Canticles in Greek and a
Hebrew book,--rarities indeed at that date.
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