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Rather to be concealed than to be published — Sixtus, in the Preface to his annotations, on how to treat the errors of the Fathers — with Ham, Shem, and Japheth for a parable. excerpt July 9, 2026
That the reading of Scripture belongs to laypeople even more than to monks — Chrysostom's startling claim, at the very door of Sixtus's New Testament annotations. excerpt July 9, 2026
Our Noah, therefore, granted us a twofold rest — Pererius on the name of Noah, the flood, and baptism — allegory done with a jeweler's care. excerpt July 9, 2026
Errors of the press: mending three misprints in the Bibliotheca Sancta — What a wrong number in a four-hundred-year-old book looks like, and how a living edition can finally fix it. note July 8, 2026
The library opens — Four complete works, never before in English, free to read and to keep. announcement July 8, 2026