Hereford Cathedral, in Hereford, England has one of two chained libraries that still have chained books on its shelves.[6] The book pages were said to be made of cowhide, wood, leaves, clay, cloth, bark, metal, and unbleached animal skin, and was[clarification needed] written in the language of the people.[clarification needed] Under-privileged scholars settled for columns of text bounded between boards and papyrus. Papyrus was cheaper but could easily be destroyed and written over.[7]