no such thing as too many books

 

 

“O quam dulcis vita fuit dum sedebamus in quieti . .

      inter librorum copias.”

 

Alcuin of York (c735-804)

Advisor to Charlemagne

 

“Oh, how sweet life was when we sat quietly . . .midst all these books.”

All of the books in Alcuin’s library were written by hand, of course.

Read his reflection on books a couple of times, you may see a different image each time…

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Book review:

John Eliot: “Apostle to the Indians”

…a righteous man of his times

by Ola Elizabeth Winslow

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