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• The Alexandrian Library —     The Alexandrian Library     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Alexandrian Library     The Great Library of Alexandria, so called to distinguish it from the smaller or daughter library in the Serapeum, was a foundation of the first Ptolemies for… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY —    the library burned by the Caliph Omar in 642, said to have contained 700,000 volumes …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Alexandrian — Al ex*an dri*an, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [1913 Webster] 2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See {Alexandrine}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Gallican Rite —     The Gallican Rite     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gallican Rite     This subject will be treated under the following six heads:     I. History and Origin; II. MSS. and Other Sources; III. The Liturgical Year; IV. The Divine Office; V. The… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Library of Alexandria — For the modern library, see Bibliotheca Alexandrina. This Latin inscription regarding Tiberius Claudius Balbilus of Rome (d. c. AD 79) mentions the ALEXANDRINA BYBLIOTHECE (line eight).. The Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of… …   Wikipedia

• library — /luy brer ee, breuh ree, bree/, n., pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or… …   Universalium

• Library — Reading room redirects here. For other uses, see Reading room (disambiguation). For other uses, see Library (disambiguation). Reading room of the library at the University of Graz, in Austria …   Wikipedia

• Alexandrian — adjective /æl.ɛɡˈzæn.dɹiː.ən,æ.lɛksˈzæn.dɹi.ən/ a) Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt. the Alexandrian library. b) Applied to a kind of heroic verse …   Wiktionary

• Alexandrian Wicca — is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Wicca, founded by Alex Sanders (also known as King of the Witches [cite book | author=Johns, June | title=King of the witches: The world of Alex Sanders | publisher=P. Davies | year=1969|id=ISBN 0 432… …   Wikipedia

• Alexandrian school — The Alexandrian school is a collective designation for certain tendencies in literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences that developed in the Hellenistic cultural center of Alexandria, Egypt around the 1st century. Alexandria was a… …   Wikipedia