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 | | Robert de Sorbon sought not only to furnish shelter for poor clerks, but also to provide thorough theological instruction for them, the mornings being devoted to Old-Testament exegesis and the after noons to the interpretation of the New Testament. |
 | | A most im portant part of the Sorbonne was its library, founded by Robert and enriched with manuscripts by Guiard d'Abbeville, while in 1469 the prior of the Sorbonne, acting in harmony with the rector of the university, established the first printing-press in France, whence the Bible of 1478 was issued. |
 | | In the seven teenth century it was the leader of Roman Cathol icism in France, and such prelates as Richelieu, Mazarin, De Retz, and De Noailles considered it a distinction to be elected provisor of the.Sorbonne. |
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