t ** In the north side of the Clovsters, from the comer over against the Church door, to the
corner opposite to the Dormitory door, was all finely glazed from the top to the bottom, within
a little of the ground into the Cloyster garth : and in every window were three jprtM or carrels^
where every one of the M Mtmks had a carrel teveraUy to himself, to which after dinner they
resorted, and there studied their books^ ^^^ ^°® ^° ^^* carrel, till the time of Evensong; and
thus they exercised themselves every day. These pews or carrels were finely Urainscotted and
very close, except the foreside, which was carved work, and admitted light through the carrel
doors, In each of which waa a desk to lay books on : and the carrels were no wider than from
one stanchel of the window Co another. Oppodte to the carrels, against the church wall, stood
certain great almeries of wainscot full of hookt, as well the old written Doctors of the Church,
as other prophane authors, with many other holy men's works : so that every one studied what
Doctor he pleased, having the library at all times open to resort to and study in, as well as their
carrels."^So far Sanderson, p. 75 ; and it would be an easy matter to restore the north side of the
Cloister from the description. Enclose it at eadi end. Fit it up in front with as many private
seats, or (if I may so say) boxes, as there are lights in each of its windows; let these all of them
open by treiliced doors into a long path of communication behind ; and still further behind against
the wall of the church, let there be bookcases to hold the manuscripts belonging to the body, and
the work is done. The glass windows and carrels have long since disappc^reo, but the \^all of
the Church, notwithstanding the dressing which it has undergone, exnibits abundant traces of
the fixtures or bookcases anciently attached to it. The very books, or most of them, which were
kept in this self-same alley of the Cloister, the common library of the Monks, now belong to the
Church. — See the lately printed Catalogue of the MSS. of the Dean and Chapter, jmhim.
