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The article focuses on Charlemagne's, King of Franks, court library. The penultimate section of the Emperor's testamentary "breviarium," with which the "Life" concludes records that: 'he decreed that the books of which he had assembled a great collection in his library' (magnam in bibliotheca sua copiam congregavit) were to be available for purchase at the appropriate price by anyone who wanted them, and the proceeds distributed to the poor. Most of those luxury books were, almost certainly, created to be given away to specially favoured recipients, like gold rings and jewelled belts.

Brief reviews for multiple web sites and internet references for historical materials made available in 2012 are presented, including the "War of 1812 in the Collections of the Lilly Library," found at http://collections.libraries.iub.edu/warof1812, "Baltimore 68: Riots and Rebirth. Special Collections University of Baltimore," found at http://archives.ubalt.edu/bsr, and "Civil War Diaries and Letters. University of Iowa Libraries," found at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cwd.

The article discusses resources available at the libraries and special collections of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut related to the history of religion in Connecticut. It comments on sources available at the Yale Divinity Library, the Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives department, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The author mentions the papers of Connecticut clergymen such as Jonathan Edwards, Joseph Bellamy, and David Nelson Beach. Sources related to church bodies and religious and benevolent societies are also considered.