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A video on YouTube. In Explainers, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Tom Scott visits Hereford Cathedral Library to examine the world's largest surviving chained library, featuring chained medieval manuscripts and printed books, and explores the history and significance of books in chains, codices, and early printing.

From the video

Answers: What is a chained library and how do chained books work?

chained library
Hereford Cathedral
medieval manuscripts
codices
early printing
Wycliffite Bible
Incunabula

What it concludes

Hereford Cathedral Library is the largest surviving chained library in the world.
Books in chained libraries were chained to prevent theft because their value was extremely high.
The Wycliffite Bible was an unauthorized translation of the Bible into English.
Technological shifts like movable type printing fundamentally change how text and media are produced and consumed.

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