|  Medieval Book Curse
For him that steals a book from this library, Let it change into a serpent in his hand. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails. | Liber quoad exteriorem formam est vel in folio vel in quarto vel in octavo vel in duodecimo. Liber est aut columnatus aut linguatus. Intus sunt folia duabus paginis aliquando columnis divisa et cumque notis marginalibus. Bibliopola vendit libros in bibliopolio quorum conscribit catalogum. Livri disponuntur per repositoria et exponuntur super pluteum. Multitudo librorum vocatur bibliotheca. | A book as to its outward shape is either a folio or a quarto or an octavo or a duodecimo. Book is either side-wise or long-wise. Within are leaves with two pages sometimes divided into columns and with marginal notes. Bookseller sells books in a bookstore of which he writes a catalogue. Books are placed on shelves and displayed upon a counter. A multitude of books is called a library. | |