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  • 41Sibylline Books — The Sibylline Books or Libri Sibyllini were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and consulted at momentous crises through the history of the… …

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  • 42SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE — Biblical Influences The Afrikaans speaking people of South Africa are mainly descended from Dutch Calvinist and French Huguenot immigrants of the 17th century. The Bible has been an important factor in their life and thinking. The Afrikaans… …

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  • 43job lot — noun Date: 1851 1. a miscellaneous collection of goods for sale as a lot usually to a retailer 2. a miscellaneous and usually inferior collection or group …

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  • 44Walter Savage Landor — (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not… …

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  • 45Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum — Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum, Latin for Journal of the Roman Pontiffs , is the name given to a miscellaneous collection of ecclesiastical formulae used in the Papal chancery until about the 11th century. It fell into disuse through the… …

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  • 46Teleki Library — The Teleki Library, also known as Teleki Bolyai Library and Bibliotheca Telekiana, is a historic public library and current museum in Târgu Mureş, Romania. One of the richest Transylvanian collections of cultural artefacts, it was founded by the… …

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  • 47List of manuscripts in the Cotton library — This is a list of all manuscripts in the Cotton library. It is currently incomplete.Robert Cotton organized his library by placing busts of various Roman emperors and ladies over each his book cabinets. The shelf of each cabinet had a letter… …

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  • 48miscellany — /məˈsɛləni / (say muh seluhnee) noun (plural miscellanies) 1. a miscellaneous collection of literary compositions or pieces by several authors, dealing with various topics, assembled in a volume or book. 2. (often plural) a miscellaneous… …

  • 49miscellany — [mis′ə lā΄nē; ] Brit [ mi sel′ə nē] n. pl. miscellanies [< Fr miscellanées, pl. < L miscellanea, neut. pl. of miscellaneus: see MISCELLANEOUS] 1. a miscellaneous collection, esp. of literary works 2. [often pl.] such a collection of… …

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  • 50BERAKHOT — (Heb. בְּרָכוֹת: Benedictions, Blessings ), first tractate of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds. On its placement at the head of the order Zera im, which deals with agricultural laws, see Zera im . The tractate deals with… …

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