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11. Abbey Library of St.
Gall
• 719- present
• access first limited to
scholars Contains 2,100
manuscripts
(codices/parchment/books)
from the 8th to 15th
centuries, 1,650
incunabula (those printed
before 1500) in addition
to 160,000 volumes
• now pre-1000 manuscripts