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Images of medieval libraries demo the belief that "true wisdom was grounded more in depth than in breadth of reading. Pictures showing chests, cupboards, shelves, or lecterns with limited numbers of substantial tomes conveyed precisely this idea. Collecting, preserving, and using the right texts in the right way—which often meant slowly and contemplatively—was far more valuable than just accumulating different titles"

Gameson, "The Image of the Medieval Library" (2015)

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