Medieval Book Curse

For him that steals a book from this library,
Let it change into a serpent in his hand.
Let bookworms gnaw his entrails.

Liber
quoad
exteriorem formam
est vel in folio
vel in quarto
vel in octavo
vel in duodecimo.

Liber est
aut columnatus
aut linguatus.

Intus sunt folia
duabus paginis
aliquando
columnis divisa
et  cumque
notis marginalibus.

Bibliopola
vendit libros
in bibliopolio
quorum conscribit
catalogum.

Livri disponuntur
per repositoria
et exponuntur
super pluteum.

Multitudo librorum
vocatur bibliotheca.

A book
as to its
outward shape
is either a folio
or a quarto
or an octavo
or a duodecimo.

Book is
either side-wise
or long-wise.

Within are leaves
with two pages
sometimes
divided into columns
and with
marginal notes.

Bookseller
sells books
in a bookstore
of which he writes
a catalogue.

Books are placed
on shelves
and displayed
upon a counter.

A multitude of books
is called a library.