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This volume of the Glossa Ordinaria has a wood cover with a pigskin binding. This Old Testament volume used to have a clasp that would would be chained to a desk to prevent theft.

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Preserving Words and Worlds

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Arca Artium: Rare Relics of Parchment and Press

Latin for "chest of works of art" — HMML's rare book archive holds a vast collection of medieval manuscripts and sacred texts. Here, watch a guided tour of some its most prized possessions of parchment and press.