the signature grooves in the marble from the shuffling knees of the penitents making their way up and down the spiral staircases have been left in place as part of the restructuring program, a reminder of the many uses the library was put to in the interregnum. Not so obvious, however are the preserved habits of speech, dress and formal behaviour, originally laid down in the Library Code of 2090 and never formally repealed
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