[Pppehrserver-users] Ho speaketh by his doings; and well pro

[Simard Tidd]

 the mind
that the monks were far wealthier in their literary stores than we
previously imagined. Originally on two or three skins,
it is now torn into five separate pieces,[364] and in other respects
much dilapidated. The writing also in some parts is nearly obliterated,
so as to render the document
scarcely readable. It is much to be regretted that this interesting
catalogue is but

a portion of the original; in its complete form it would probably

have described twice as many volumes; but a fragment as it is, it
nevertheless contains the titles of more than _eleven hundred

books_, with the names of many of their donors attached. A creditable
and right worthy testimonial this, of the learning and love of books
prevalent among the monks of Ramsey Monastery. More than seven
hundred of this goodly number were of a miscellaneous nature, and the
rest were principally book
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: inflatable.zip
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 12540 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : /pipermail/pppehrserver-users/attachments/20100327/56286a0a/attachment.obj