Chained Library, Dean Leigh building, Hereford Cathedral: rows of bookcases with the books shelved with their foredges facing the reader

RIBA Ref No RIBA5643

Architect/Designer	Blomfield, Sir Arthur William (1829-1899)
Artist/Photographer	Smith, Edwin (1912-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	Hereford
Subject Date	1897
Image Date	1970
View	Interior
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	ESP/CAT/776 (ES13295)
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections
Subject	Libraries ; Cathedrals ; Bookcases

NOTES: The Chained Library, which contains the 8th century Hereford Gospels, was housed in the Lady Chapel until 1842. It was moved to the new Dean Leigh building, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, in 1897. Since 1996, it has been housed, together with the Mappa Mundi, in the purpose-built New Library Building designed by Sir William Whitfield.

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