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  Kedermister Library - TheBestLinks.com - British Library, 17th century, 1630, 1613, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kedermister Library at Langley near Slough in Berkshire is a rare surviving example of an early 17th century parish library, preserved in situ in the decorated cupboards designed for it in 1620 in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin.
Two of the Library's treasures, the Kedermister Gospels (an 11th century illuminated manuscript) and the Pharmacopolium or a booke of Medicine (a manuscript herbal of 1630) are on permanent deposit in the British Library.
Langley, also known as Langley Marish, was formerly in the county of Buckinghamshire, and the Kedermister Library is overseen by Buckinghamshire County Council and governed by a charitable trust.
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 Kedermister Library -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Two of the Library's treasures, the Kedermister Gospels (an 11th century illuminated manuscript) and the Pharmacopolium or a booke of Medicine (a manuscript (additional info and facts about herbal) herbal of 1630) are on permanent deposit in the (additional info and facts about British Library) British Library.
Langley, also known as Langley Marish, was formerly in the county of (additional info and facts about Buckinghamshire) Buckinghamshire, and the Kedermister Library is overseen by Buckinghamshire County Council and governed by a charitable trust.
The name Kedermister is the most commonly used, though some sources, including the charity governing the library, use the spelling Kederminster.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ke/kedermister_library.htm   (213 words)

  
 Bucks CC - Archives - Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies - Kederminster Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Library is still housed in the highly-ornate room at St Mary's Church, Langley Marish, provided by Sir John Kederminster in 1623.
The books are conserved and made accessible to the public by the Kederminster Library Trustees, who include two County Councillors, a nominee of the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society and the Rector of St. Mary's, Langley.
The Kederminster Library is at St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road, Langley Marish.
www.buckscc.gov.uk /archives/Kederminster_Library   (204 words)

  
 Vatican Library -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Among the most famous holdings of the library is the (additional info and facts about Codex Vaticanus) Codex Vaticanus, the oldest known manuscript of the (The sacred writings of the Christian religions) Bible.
There are also a few mildly erotic works of art, but very little since the (The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries) Renaissance.
The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science and theology, open to anyone who can document their qualifications and their research needs to view the collection.
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 Folger Shakespeare Library -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library located on (A hill in Washington, D.C., where the capitol building sits and Congress meets) Capitol Hill in (additional info and facts about Washington, DC) Washington, DC.
The cornerstone of the library was laid in 1930, but Folger died soon afterward.
The privately endowed Folger Shakespeare Library continues to be administered by the Trustees of (additional info and facts about Amherst College) Amherst College.
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 Category:Libraries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books.
Thus, modern libraries have been redefined as places to get access to information in any format, whether it is stored inside the building or not.
John C. Hodges library at The University of Tennessee
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 Kedermister Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kedermister Library at Langley near Slough in Buckinghamshire is a rare surviving example of an early 17th century parish library, preserved in situ in the decorated cupboards designed for it in 1620 in St Mary's Church.
A catalogue of the Library survives from 1638.
Two of the Library's treasures, the Kedermister Gospels (an 11th century illuminated manuscript) and the "Pharmacopolium or a booke of Medicine" (a manuscript herbal of 1630) are held in the British Library.
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 List of libraries - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
SS Cyril and Methodius Natioanl Library, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kedermister Library, a 17th century parish church library at Langley near Slough
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Library of Sir Thomas Browne
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 A Tour of St Mary's Church Langley
On the Left is a front view of the church and this corresponds to the layout shown on the right with the West Porch being the entrance shown at the bottom of the plan with the tower to its left.
John and his son Edmund Kedermister were responsible for rescuing the park from neglect during the second half of the 16th century, and were so successful that Edmund's son, Sir John Kedermister, was given a lease on the park by Charles 1 in 1626.
The Kedermister chapel is still owned by the Lord of the Manor, now in the hands of the County Council, who help to pay for its upkeep and that of the Library.
www.langleymarish.org /stmarytour.html   (1575 words)

  
 LIBRARY: library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Locked in at the Library - Suggestions for planning a successful sleepover at the library for young adults and children.
Library plans to have more police on site - Arizona Republic - to step up patrols around Burton Barr Central Library and create a police beat office in the building result of the Phoenix Public Library's safety and security task force, which.
Library book deliveries will help day cares - Arizona Republic - CHANDLER - The Public Library will be making house calls in January 13,225 grant from the Arizona State Library will support a new library program, the first in Maricopa.
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 Wargrave Local History Society - April 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From the remains of a bomb damaged window at St Laurence’s in Reading, and the wooden memorial there to the GWR railwayman killed on the station by a whirlwind in 1840, to the elaborate panels leading to the Kedermister Library, and the library itself, in Langley Marish church.
The library dates from the 1630s, and the books from 1483.
Most are theological volumes, but a particularly fine illuminated book is a Phamacopolium, with ‘recipes’ for many cures for assorted ailments.
www.wargrave.net /history/april01.html   (534 words)

  
 List of libraries
It includes both public lending libraries and research libraries.
Marquette University library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US preserves many of J.
Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge - containing the original diaries of Samuel Pepys
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 Langley Village History
These clearings are now no more but, have been adopted in street names or much smaller green fields.
The village’s move into prominence began when in 1547, the King, Edward VI installed at Langley Park his representative a Mr John Kedermister to take care of the his woodlands.
Further development which saw the village expand were almshouses for the poor, set up firstly in 1617 by John Kedermister, by Henry Seymour in 1679-1687 and then by William Wild in 1955.
www.langleyvillage.co.uk /history.htm   (508 words)

  
 Arts Literature Authors M Milton, John Reviews gratuit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John Milton: Poet, Priest and Prophet - Etext version of the book, "Study of Divine Vocation in Milton's Poetry and Prose," by John Spencer Hill.
Kedermister Library - Synopsis of the Jean Francis article, which reconstructs the holdings of the Kedermister Library in Langley Marish.
The library is believed to have been used by Milton.
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 Book Libraries in Maldon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
They were expected to maintain the books as a public lending library for...
the London Metropolitan Archives and the Guildhall Library.
book is an excellent reference text and should form part of the basic reference library for all professi...
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 Kedermister Library . Berkshire . 1613 . 1630 . Buckinghamshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kedermister Library at Langley, Slough Langley near Slough in Berkshire is a rare surviving example of an early 17th century parish library, preserved in situ in the decorated cupboards designed for it in 1620 in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin.
Two of the Library s treasures, the Kedermister Gospels an 11th century illuminated manuscript and the Pharmacopolium or a booke of Medicine a manuscript herbal of 1630 are on permanent deposit in the British Library.
Langley, also known as Langley Marish, was formerly in the county of
www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Kedermister_Library   (321 words)

  
 School Newsletter Feb 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He will be signing copies of his books in the Library at 1.00pm and all students will be able to purchase books for him to sign.
there will also be a book shop in the Library and students will be able to use the £1 voucher in part payment for books from the book shop.
Students will also be able to order any title and use their voucher for part payment.
www.langley-grammar.slough.sch.uk /Newsletters/School_newsletters/nl_feb03.htm   (826 words)

  
 Reviews Arts, Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Savoyard Savagery, Divined Divarication: Milton's "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont" John Minot's explication of the sentence that bridges the octave and sestet of the sonnet.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: John Milton A brief biographical sketch.
Kedermister Library Synopsis of the Jean Francis article, which reconstructs the holdings of the Kedermister Library in Langley Marish.
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 Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This annual event is organised by 1st Bourne End Scout Group with help from Wooburn Scouts and other local organisations.
TALK on Tuesday evening for the Bucks Family History Society will feature the Kedermister Library.
This ancient library is attached to St Mark's Church in Langley.
www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=190864   (292 words)

  
 St Mary's Church Home Page
The church is open to visitors interested in its history on the afternoon of the first Sunday in each summer month.
The church is open to visitors on the first Sunday in each summer month from 2 to 5 pm.
You will be able to see the Kedermister library, the newly refurbished tower and bells, and to experience the prayerful atmosphere brought about by many generations of worshipping Christians living in Langley.
www.langleymarish.org /StM.html   (250 words)

  
 'Filling in a Blank in the Canvas': Milton, Horton, and the Kedermister Library -- Jones 53 (209): 31 -- The Review of ...
'Filling in a Blank in the Canvas': Milton, Horton, and the Kedermister Library -- Jones 53 (209): 31 -- The Review of English Studies
‘Filling in a Blank in the Canvas’: Milton, Horton, and the Kedermister Library
library, a private theological collection housed inside the
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 Book Cases HQ : Building Built In Bookshelves
The history and renovation of the city's library branches, from the PittsburghPost-Gazette.
Synopsis of the Jean Francis article, which reconstructs the holdings of theKedermister Library in Langley Marish.
The library is believed to have been used by...
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 C18-L's Selected Readings, No. 88
Smith, Kathleen A. "A Select Anthology of Library History in the Germanic Language Areas of Continental Western Europe (Excluding Germany): Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Belgium." Library History, 17, 2 (2001): 143-64.
London: British Library; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll, 2000.
possibly local clergy, or the Kedermister library, a private theological collection housed in the church of St Mary the Virgin in the neighbouring village of Langley Marish].
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 GNN - Government News Network
The biggest beneficiary in the region is Charing Playing Fields Committee in Ashford, which will receive £53,450 to build new community facilities across its six acres of wet grassland and woods (see notes to editors).
Other groups receiving grants of £25,000 include the Ceres Court Project Group in Sittingbourne; Crown Meadow United Association and Kedermister Residents and Tenants Association, both in Slough; Meadow Stiles Parents Group in High Wycombe and The Cutteslowe Sunnymead Group in Oxford.
The impact of Living Spaces in improving people's quality of life is illustrated in its first annual review, also launched today by Phil Hope.
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This research will explore two ways in which this technology is significant for technical communicators: First, expert systems can be used to make on-line documents, particularly hypertext documents, much more usable by providing an intelligent interface not only to individual documents but also to libraries of documents.
Funding to support travel to the James Healey collection in Irish literature and history at the Stanford University Library.
Funding to complete a project to determine the extent to which the poet John Milton used the Kedermister Library, a theological collection located inside the Langley parish church of St. Mary the Virgin in England.
www.osu-ours.okstate.edu /report95/report/AS/english.html   (914 words)

  
 Travel Directory - Dmoz Directory : Arts : Literature : Authors : M : Milton, John : Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Etext version of the book, "Study of Divine Vocation in Milton's Poetry and Prose," by John Spencer Hill.
Synopsis of the Jean Francis article, which reconstructs the holdings of the Kedermister Library in Langley Marish.
History of the manuscript, its physical characteristics, debate regarding Milton's authorship.
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 Category:Libraries - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Patrick Lencioni Library (Five Temptations of a CEO; Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive; Five Dysfunctions of a Team; Death by Meeting)
Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Two Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
CCNP Certification Library (CCNP Self-Study 642-801, 642-811, 642-821, 642-831) (3rd Edition) (CCNP study guides)
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 library c - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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You can look up the words in the phrase individually using these links: library c
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 Home Fresh : Article 'List of libraries'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia - America's First Law Library
Marquette University library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US preserves many of J. Tolkien's original manuscripts, notes and letters
National Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran National Library Official Website (http://www.nli.ir)
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