bibliotheca

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"Effulsit eo majistro, obedientia coactu, philosophicarum ac divinarum litterarum bibliotheca, etc."

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner

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

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

Emptis quod libris tibi bibliotheca referta est,   Doctum et grammaticum te, philomuse, putas.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard

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

Apud desidiosissimos ergo videbis quicquid orationum historiarumque est, tecto tenus exstructa loculamenta; jam enim inter balnearia et thermas bibliotheca quoque ut necessarium domus ornamentum expolitur.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill