Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Biblical

Father of Biblical criticism and exegesis. Origen (185-254).

bootlegbooks
A love of books pursued to the point of unreason or madness. One Don Vicente, a Spanish scholar, is reputed to have committed murder to obtain a supposedly unique book.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Bibliomancy
Biblia Pauperum
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