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Ere the altar stood there are two openings into the choir aisles. The
exteriors of these are of the same form and size as the crypt windows,
but they are deeply splayed inside, and probably were used as
hagioscopes or squints, to allow those kneeling in the choir aisles to
see the priest celebrating mass at the crypt altar. [Illustration:
ENTRANCE TO CRYPT.] [Illustration: THE LIBRARY.] The #Vestry# stands in
the south-east angle between the transept and choir aisle; it is a
vaulted building dating from the fourteenth century, and is lighted by
two windows, one looking to the east, the other to the south. A small
door at the south-west corner opens upon the staircase leading to the
#Library#--a chamber situated above the vestry. The collection consists
chiefly of books left to the minster by will of the Rev. William Stone,
Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, a native of Wimborne. They were
brought from Oxford in 1686, under the care of the Rev. Richard Lloyd,
at that time Master of the Grammar School at Wimborne. The books are
chiefly works on divinity; some additions were subsequently and at
various times made to the original collection. The books were attached
to the shelves for safety's sake by iron chains, the upper end carrying
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