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"Nan chenn desann wout la nou chèn desann repèrtwar nan telefòn piblik kounye a, ak pou rezon menm jan an: se konsa ke okenn moun ta ka itilize (yo) epi pèsonn pa te kapab vòlè (yo). ... Sonje ke yon nouvo Bib ki ta koute yon kominote sou kòm anpil jan yon bilding legliz nouvo, ak liv la fini te fasil vo yon manwa. Liv nan Mwayennaj yo te fè sou parchemin oswa sou velen (te fè soti nan veso an po yo nan jèn mouton oswa bèf) ak lèt, Dore, ak eklere nan men. Yon tout Bib pran petèt kat san bèt ak ane nan travay pa yon pwen de dirèktè lalwa ak atis " (Poukisa katolik fè sa?, New York, 1995, p. 24-25, n.).
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“chained down the way we chain down directories at public telephones now, and for similar reasons: so that anybody could use (them) and nobody could steal (them). … Remember that a new Bible would cost a community about as much as a new church building, and the finished book was easily worth a manor. Books in the Middle Ages were done on parchment or on vellum (made from the skins of young sheep or cattle) and lettered, gilded, and illuminated by hand. A whole Bible took maybe four hundred animals and years of work by a score of scribes and artists” (Why Do Catholics Do That?, New York, 1995, p. 24-25, n.).