bibliotheca
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In the catalogue dated 1512 it is called Intima et ultima secretior bibliotheca, and seems to have contained the most valued treasures.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
Aiming at historical fulness and fidelity, we turned to our national bibliotheca at the British Museum, where we fished out of the vasty deep of treasures a MS. without date or name.
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
"Effulsit eo majistro, obedientia coactu, philosophicarum ac divinarum litterarum bibliotheca, etc."
From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner
Unde et nobis curæ fuit omnes Veteris Legis libros quos vir doctus Adamantius in Hexapla digesserat de Cæsariensi bibliotheca descriptos ex ipsis authenticis emendare.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
In the same essay he says that Mabillon called Magliabechi "Museum inambulans, et viva qu�dam bibliotheca."
