armarium
[ ahr-mair-ee-uhm ]
Origin of armarium
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How to use armarium in a sentence
The monastic librarian, as we should call him, was known as the armarius, since he had charge of the armaria or book-presses.
The Story of Books | Gertrude Burford RawlingsHere it is evidently a recess in the wall closed by a door—like one of the later armaria.
The Care of Books | John Willis ClarkBesides these cases there were other receptacles for books called cupboards (armaria) and also some chests.
The Care of Books | John Willis ClarkThese were kept in wooden presses (armaria) which stood against the walls like a modern bookcase.
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods | J. W. ClarkCassiodorus had the books of his monastery stored in presses, or armaria.
Old English Libraries | Ernest Savage
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