"Nomenclator autorum omnium, quorum libri vel manuscripti, vel typis
expressi exstant in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae" (list of all
the authors whose books, whether manuscript or printed, are available in
Leiden University Library).

"A contemporary print shows large folio volumes laid our on twenty-two
shelves, and grouped into themes: theology, literature, philosophy, mathematics, history, medicine and law. Each book was chained to a rod
above a slanting shelf, so that readers were able to tilt them out,
consult them, but not remove them."

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It's also the birthday of Queen Victoria (24-5-1819), a public holiday
in Canada, officially "Victoria Day", but when I was young it was
"Queen's Birthday", and considered the "official" birthday of the
reigning monarch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day

New Zealand has a similar fictitious "King's/Queen's Birthday" public
holiday, which is not far off -- first Monday in June.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Official_Birthday

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On 26/05/24 20:34, Ross Clark wrote:

It's also the birthday of Queen Victoria (24-5-1819), a public
holiday in Canada, officially "Victoria Day", but when I was young it
was "Queen's Birthday", and considered the "official" birthday of the
reigning monarch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day

New Zealand has a similar fictitious "King's/Queen's Birthday" public
holiday, which is not far off -- first Monday in June.

Australia also has an official "Queen's Birthday" holiday, but the date
is different in different states. With no correlation with real
birthdays, as far as I can see.

I suppose we should now call it the King's Birthday, but we're not yet
used to the change of management.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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