 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 378 pages
...great value. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and miJJet. Qn.p pircmncircumstance will strongly mark the scarcity of the materials, while it gives... | |
 | William Robertson - 1804 - 378 pages
...purchase them. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des Religieux Benedictins, torn. vii. p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | William Robertson - 1809 - 516 pages
...purchase them. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de Fiance par des Religicux Benedictins, tom. vii. p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - 1811 - 106 pages
...small library cost a great estate. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the homilies of Haimon, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye. and millet. — Dr. Robertson. 95. Be not desirous of having it to say, that you have perused a vast... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...purchase them. 'The countess of Anjoupaid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des Religieux Benedictins, torn, vii, p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 534 pages
...purchase them. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, Bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des Religieux Benedictins, tom. vii. p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | William Robertson - 1819 - 522 pages
...purchase them. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, Bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de Trance, par des Religieux Benedictins, torn, vii, p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 474 pages
...purchase them. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, Bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des Religieux Benedictins, tom. vii. p. 3. Even so late... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...OF BOOKS. We have it from good authority, that about AD 1215, the Countess ofAnjou paid 200 sheep, 5 quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye, for...countess might in this case have possibly been imposed upon, we have it on Mr. Gibbon's authority, that the value of manuscript copies of the Bible, for the... | |
 | William Robertson - 1829 - 628 pages
...purchase them. The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the homilies of Haimon, bishop of Alberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des Religieux Bénédictins, torn. vu. p. 3. Even so late... | |
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The price of books became so high, that persons of a moderate fortune could not afford to purchase them. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity... 
