On these accounts they were the repositories of much wealth and treasure: in times of peril they were crowded with things of value.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
They were the great repositories of treasure; which people there entrusted, as to places of great security.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
The earliest repositories of books were connected with temples or palaces, either because priests under all civilisations have been par excellence the learned class, while despots have patronised art and literature; or because such a position was thought to offer greater security.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark