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bibliotheca

[bib-lee-uh-thee-kuh] / ˌbɪb li əˈθi kə /


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D. N. Papae habuit ex bibliotheca a Dom.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

The following curious rule, copied, as it would appear, in the Library itself, by Claude Bellièvre of Lyons, who visited Rome about 1513, shews that order was strictly enforced: Nonnulla quæ collegi in bibliotheca Vaticani.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

Tamen D.O.M, precor oculos Homeri nepotis mei ita aperiat eumque moveat, ut libros istos in bibliotheca unius e plurimis castellis suis Hispaniensibus tuto abscondat.'

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

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

The Bibliotheca pontificia is introduced with the following heading: In intima et ultima secretiori bibliotheca ubi libri sunt pretiosiores.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis




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