1.   After thieves stole nine rare manuscripts from a Benedictine monastery library near Barcelona last July, the monks did more than pray.

2.   In digital form, rare manuscripts could be viewed over and over again without degradation, and images can be copied without harming the original.

3.   Linenthal, a London dealer in rare manuscripts, was also called in.

4.   Most of the stolen items have been recovered, including rare manuscripts, first-editions, motion picture and television scripts.

5.   On the Dove Cottage grounds is a Wordsworth Museum displaying rare manuscripts, paintings and other memorabilia accompanied by an excellent bookshop.

6.   Sotoca said the Montserrat monastery has one of the best preserved collections of rare manuscripts in Spain.

7.   The dealers told her that a man calling himself William Taylor was offering to sell a set of rare manuscripts that contained several pieces missing from the Columbia collection.

8.   The software service uses digital image scanning, storing and searching technology, which IBM is now using to store rare manuscripts at the Vatican Library.

9.   Earlier this year, two rare religious manuscripts written on sheepskin were stolen from the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim.

10.   Library workers came upon the small, rectanglar sack Monday morning while reordering the rare manuscript section of the library.