单词 | armarian |
释义 | armariann. Medieval History. A monastic librarian. ΚΠ 1849 Chambers's Jrnl. No. 276. 239 Armarian, an officer in the monastic libraries who had charge of the books to prevent them from being injured by insects, and especially to look after bindings. He had also to keep a correct catalogue. 1868 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 149/1 If any order were to be transmitted which could not be done by signs, the Armarian was compelled to beckon the monk out of the room to the locutory, and whisper the order to him. 1905 Living Age 14 Oct. 91/2 It may have been studied and copied in the Scriptorium..or read, if the armarian allowed it, in the cloister garden. 1946 E. M. Jewett Hidden Treasure Glaston i. 21 At that moment Brother John, the librarian of the monastery, or armarian as he was called, appeared at the door. 2004 J. M. Reitz Dict. Libr. Information Sci. 40 It was also the armarian's duty to keep the scribes and illuminators in the scriptorium well supplied with parchment, vellum, pens, ink, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849 |
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