bibliotheca
Example Sentences
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The Germans have a tolerable lending library; and the public bibliotheca in the Town House, near the Jesuit church, is rich in old volumes, mostly collected from religious houses.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Iam enim inter balnearia et thermas bibliotheca quoque ut necessarium domus ornamentum expolitur.
From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis
"Effulsit eo majistro, obedientia coactu, philosophicarum ac divinarum litterarum bibliotheca, etc."
From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner
This national bibliotheca sacra in which the writings of the prophets were deposited as soon as they were composed is the product of pure fiction.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington
In the same essay he says that Mabillon called Magliabechi "Museum inambulans, et viva qu�dam bibliotheca."
