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chapters or entire pieces on sheets of vellum, which he
would keep in his cell to be made use of in due course. If in
the course of his reading he came upon a mention of a
book which was not available in his library, he would be
anxious to find out where he could obtain sight of it, not
an easy matter in those days. He would write to friends in
other abbeys reputed to have big libraries to inquire
whether they knew of a copy, and he would have to wait a
long time for their replies. A large part of the extant
correspondence of medieval scholars consists of such
requests for search after the whereabouts of some book,
requests for copies of books which are said to exist in the
place of the addressee’s residence, requests for the loan
of books for copying purposes. . .
Authorship before print was in a large degree the building