55, 6.in purple and fine linen, cp. Exod. xxxv. 6.
55, 7.in sackcloth and ashes, cp. Matt. xi. 21.
55, 8.given up to oblivion, cp. Ps. xxx. 13.
55, 11.his stores of gums and spices, "aromatum apothecas,' cp. Isa. xxxix. 2.
56, 1-4."Sed revera libros non libras maluimus, codicesque plus dileximus quam florenos, ac panfletos exiguos incrassatis prætulimus palefridis," "Panfletos" appears to be one of the earliest recorded instances—if not the earliest instance—of the word.
57, 1.the lounges of Athens. "Athenarum diverticula."
57, 9.Dionysius the Areopagite, to whom were attributed a number of treatises, now believed to be the later productions of some Christian Neo-Platonists.
57, 10.the Virgin Carmentis "Virgo Carmenta"; Cadmus the Phoenician is supposed to have introduced the alphabet into Greece, whence it was carried into Italy by Evander the Arcadian. His mother Carmenta accompanied him, and she is said to have turned the Greek into Roman characters.
57, 15.cp. Prov. xx. 14.
59, 14.high schools, "generalia studia."
59, 19.nets and snares, cp. Ezek. xii. 13.
60, 20.all that is delicious, cp. Wisdom xvi. 20.
61, 2.cp. Exod. xxxi. 4.
6l, 4.cp. Exod. xxxv. 35.
61, 7.cp. Exod. xxvi. 1-7.
61, 8.cp. Exod. xxvi. 14.
61, 10.oxen treading out corn, cp. I Cor. ix. 9.
61, 11.stars remaining, cp. Judges v. 20.
61, 14.cp. Matt. xx. 6.
61, 24.the preachers and Minors, "prædicatores et minores," cp. Chap. VI.
62, 3.tabulation, "tabulationibus," possibly indexes or summaries.
62, 13.stationers, the "stationarii" of the Middle Ages were originally rather lenders than sellers of books.
62, 24.with usury, "cum usuris," cp. Luke xix. 23.
