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Nor was it till after the enterprising activity of Poggio had succeeded in securing a few precious remains of classical antiquity, [211] that the wretched indolence of the monastic life began to be diverted from a constant meditation upon "antiphoners, grailes, and psalters," [212] towards subjects of a more generally interesting nature.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Item, 8 grailes, 7 antiphoners of parchment and bound
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Bracciolini_.] [Footnote 212: When Queen Elizabeth deputed a set of commissioners to examine into the superstitious books belonging to All-Souls library, there was returned, in the list of these superstitious works, "eight grailes, seven antiphoners of parchment and bound."
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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