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Show Discover Manuscripts Manuscrip Manuscrips s of 800 Years Ago - - - - - " Ancient Papers Glued in Back Backof Backof of Old Tomes . . Mount Angel , OreFragments Ore Fragments -Fragments -Fragments Fragments - ot of otvaluable ofvaluable ofvaluable valuable manuscripts , many dated datedbetore datedbefore datedbefore betore before Gutenberg's Gutenbergs Gutenbcrg's Gutenbcrgs ' invention ot of otmovable ofmovable ofmovable movable type , are a portion of ot a apflzed aprized aprized pflzed prized library collection at Mount MountAngel MountAngel MountAngel Angel college here hereRev hereRev hereRev Rev . Dr . Maro Schmidt , , lIbrarian librarianestimates , . estunates estimates that some of ot the manu manuscrIpts manuscripts manuscripts scrIpts are more than 800 years old oldThey oldThey oldThey They v . were ere recovered from the thebacks thebacks thebacks backs of o books which date from the theFIfteenth theFifteenth theFifteenth FIfteenth century . The books from fromwruch fromwhich fromwhich wruch which they were taken are of great greatvalue greatvalue greatvalue value in themselves Some were werebrought werebrought werebrought brought from Europe more than 40 40years 40years 40years years ago by the founders of the thecollege thecollege thecollege college and others were acquIred acquIredfrom acquiredfrom acquiredfrom from European monasteries and libraries lI- lI lIbrarIes li libraries - braries , , notably from Aachen , Ger Ger- Germany Ger- Ger Germany Germany - - many . The fragments number more than sixty SlAty . Forty of o them range in m SIze SIzefrom sizefrom sizefrom from 35 to 50 square inches mches and andthe andthe andthe the remaining remainmg 29 are smaller , rang rang- rangIng ranging - . ing mg from 6 to 20 square inches each eachThe eachThe eachThe The predominate predommate language is LatIn Latinalthough , although five of the smaller scraps scrapsare scrapsare scrapsare are m In Hebrew . Recognizable portions Include Includepart includepart includepart part of a sacramentary of choirbooks choIr choIrbooks choirbooks books , some law , theology and phi phI- phIlosophy philosophy - . losophy . . The majority of them bear bearhand bearhand bearhand hand Illumma illuminated ted work in four col colorsblack colorsblack colors ors-black ors black - black , , blue , , red and greenSpecially green greenSpecially Specially designed tools had to tobe tobe tobe be used to remove the manuscrIpts manuscrIptsfrom manuscriptsfrom manuscriptsfrom from the backs of the books Sometimes Some Some- Somehmes Sometimes - times hmes it took hours to remove only onlya a few square inches The pIgments pIgmentsand pigmentsand pigmentsand and inks mks were resistant to water and andsome andsome andsome some of the glues resisted solventsDr solvents solventsDr Dr Schmidt is now seeking seekmg a re restoratIve restorativo restorative storatIve storativo which will allow the trans trans- translatIon translation - . lation of those which WhlCh are too fadedto faded fadedto fadedto to be read |