11. It was closely guarded for many centuries in the monastic library of St Irenaeus at Lyon. 12. These are found in relative abundance in all monastic libraries , and the White Monastery is no exception. 13. This building contains the monastic library . 14. Most of them were stored at the Bastille, in the Saint-Germain-des-Pr�s, and the monastic Library of Corbie Abbey. 15. On the other hand, the monastic library and some other treasures were transferred to Moscow or St Petersburg. 16. While "'monastic library "'scriptoriums flourished throughout the East and West, the rules governing them were generally the same. 17. The monastic libraries were centres of culture; as late as the seventeenth century there were 101 monasteries in Lithuania. 18. In 2004 the surviving medieval books of the monastic library were entrusted for safekeeping to the University of Exeter. 19. A school was founded in the 12th century, and the monastic library soon became renowned for its extensive manuscript collection. 20. The monks also attempted to move their archives and monastic libraries to the south, but several were burned by the Vikings.
