Meaning of setbook | Babel Free

Examples

“A similar interest in particulars appears in the exegesis of Peter Comestor (d. 1179) who, however, shifts the emphasis from Cain's limbs in general to Cain's head, in his famous Historia Scholastica which became the standard work on biblical history, serving as a setbook in the schools and as a classic for both clergy and laity.”

“Background reading can include lecture notes, handout material, setbooks, books on reading lists and other texts.”

“As far as our studies were concerned, there were no locally produced setbooks, and if our education seemed rather foreign, we nevertheless had no choice in the matter.”

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