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abbey abbot Ælfric Albans Alcuin amator librorum ancient antiquity Archbishop armarian authors Bede Benedict Bible biblio bibliomaniac bibliophile bishop Boethius Boniface brothers Canterbury Cassiodorus catalogue century Chevillier choice Christian chronicles church cloister collection copy Cottonian curious dark Dugdale's Durham ecclesiastical England English Epistles esteem fond friars gave Glastonbury Abbey gold Gospels heart Hist Holy Scriptures honor illuminated king labor Lanfranc Latin learning Leland letters Liber libros literary literature Lord love of books Malmsbury manuscripts middle ages mind missal monastery monastic libraries monkish monks noble ornaments parchment passion perusal Peter of Blois Peterborough Petrarch piety pious possessed precious preserved printed Priscian Psalter reader relics Richard de Bury Rome sacred saints Saxon says scribes Script Scriptorium Simeon of Durham student tion transcribed transcription translated treasures vellum venerable Whethamstede whilst William of Malmsbury writings written wrote