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[105] There was an old saying, and a true one, prevalent in those days, that a monastery without a library was like a castle without an armory, _Clastrum sine armario, quasi castrum sine armamentario_.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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Similarly it was a common proverb in religious houses, which meets us as early as 1170, that claustrum sine armario est quasi castrum sine armamentario (a monastery without a library is like a fortress without an arsenal).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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"Claustrum sine armario, castrum sine armamentario", ran the adage; that is to say, a monastery without a library is a fort without an armoury.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The whole matter is summed up in the phrase, written about 1170, "claustrum sine armario, castrum sine armamentario [150]," an epigram which I will not spoil by trying to translate it; and even more clearly in the passionate utterances of Thomas
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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Bishop, _Claustrum sine armario, castrum sine armamentario_.
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894 John Willis Clark 1871
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Oelhafen de Schoellenba ih Etfmansberg, laodatiflimi Grcoli Franconici fuprenD Ompi Marefchalli Legatoi, largitos eft hoic Bibliothec Cladiomi) ex armamentario loh.
Memorabilia bibliothecarum publicarum Norimbergensium et Universitatis Altdorfinae 1791
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