been painted over the layers. The terms laid out in the contracts for the building specified that the building should be completed in two years. He bequeathed his 5,000 books (including one of only 250 manuscript versions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) to the Dean and Chapter - these are still in the building built for them. Lincoln is one of only two surviving Wren libraries; the other is the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, designed by Wren in 1676. Displayed under the staircase leading to the Library is a Roman mosaic discovered in the cloister in 1793. References Bibliography Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter Library Rodney M. Thomson; Boydell & Brewer (1989) External links Cathedral Library website Library Exterior Exterior image Library interior Library Cathedral libraries Academic libraries in England Buildings and structures in Lincoln, England Libraries in Lincolnshire Christopher Wren buildings