medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
George FERZOCO wrote:
>
> You're right, John. The University of Cardiff has expressed great
> interest in acquiring the collection, and they would have the
> facilities required for conservation (and use -- let's not forget
> that it's more likely such works would be used in a university than
> in a public library).
Well, nowadays that is true, but in the past the greater civic public
libraries were the locations for scholarly work - but the rise of the
universities has killed that off: as well as excluding ordinary people from
access to scholarship, of course.
John Briggs
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