Scholars fret about fate of 'holy grail' German abbey books

Scholars fret about fate of 'holy grail' German abbey books: ALTOMUENSTER, Germany (AP) — It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but when art historian Eva Lindqvist Sandgren entered the library in Altomuenster Abbey, off-limits to all but the German monastery's nuns for more than five centuries, she immediately knew she was looking at a major treasure.

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(AP Archive, Youtube; December 31, 2016)

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(Wochit News; December 26, 2016)