bibliotheca

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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

—Sir J. Stephen, in his essay on The French Benedictines, gives an anagram of Father Finavdis of the Latinized name of that great bibliophagist Magliabechi:—Antonius Magliabechius—Is unus bibliotheca magna.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

E bibliotheca Marquardii Gudii ad I. A. Fabricium, et, ex huius dono, ad Theodorum Ianssonium ab Almeloueen transmigrauere; qui illas suæ, Amstelodami 1709 8vo in lucem prolatæ; Apicii editioni inseri curauit.”

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

In the same essay he says that Mabillon called Magliabechi "Museum inambulans, et viva qu�dam bibliotheca."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 108, November 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

For the canonical aspect, Ferraris, Prompta bibliotheca, s.v.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various