Armarian
a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery.
historical examples
in all cases the armarian was instructed to make a short memorandum of the name of the book which he had lent or received.
bibliomania in the middle ages frederick somner merryweather
besides the duties which we have enumerated, there were others which it was the province of the armarian to fulfil.
bibliomania in the middle ages frederick somner merryweather
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