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
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
Emptis quod libris tibi bibliotheca referta est, Doctum et grammaticum te, philomuse, putas.
From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard
For the canonical aspect, Ferraris, Prompta bibliotheca, s.v.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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
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