 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...  Universal history, ancient and modern - Page 73by William Fordyce Mavor - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1804 - 378 pages
...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...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 as... | |
 | John Bigland - Civilization - 1806 - 548 pages
...knowledge among the people. We have it from good authority, that about AD 1215, the Countess of Anjou paid two hundred sheep, five quarters of Wheat, and the same quantity of rye, for a volume of sermons ; so scarce and dear were books at that time ; and although the Countess might,... | |
 | Joseph Towers - 1808 - 428 pages
...he, " although we have parts of those books, there is no complete copy of them in all France." — ' The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, ?00 sheep, 5 quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. — £ven so late as the year... | |
 | William Robertson - Europe - 1809 - 516 pages
...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...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 as... | |
 | Rev. John Thornton - Ethics - 1811 - 106 pages
...so scarce and deaf as to be beyond the reach of common people. A 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.... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 602 pages
...high, that persons of a moderate fortune could not afford to purchase them. 'The countess of Anjoupaid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt,...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 as... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 596 pages
...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...Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, two hundred sheep, tive quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire Literaire de France par des... | |
 | William Robertson - America - 1813 - 598 pages
...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 Halbcrstadt, two hundred sheep, hve quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Histoire... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bibliographical literature - 1814 - 454 pages
...celebrated " Roman de la Rose," was sold before the palace gate of Paris for forty crowns, or £33. 6s. 6d. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, 20O sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Even so late as the year... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bibliographical literature - 1814 - 970 pages
...6s. 6d. The countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the Homilies of Haimon, bishop of Halberstadt, 2OO sheep, five quarters of wheat, and the same quantity of rye and millet. Even so late as the year 1471, when Louis XL of France borrowed the works of Rhasis an Arabian... | |
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