Vivarium n. (pl. E. vivariums, L. vivaria) A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
... earlier writing, and covered the pages with texts more immediately useful to them. Whence did they come? An answer to that question has been offered recently which finds favour among experts. They are the relics, it is said, of the library formed by Cassiodorus at his monastery of Vivarium or Squillace, in South Italy. Cassiodorus is a great figure in the history of his own time, and in his influence upon the general course of learning. He was private secretary to Theodoric King of the Goths; in his old age he retired from public to monastic life, and his last years ... — The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts - Helps for Students of History, No. 17. • M. R. James Read full book for free!
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