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vitamiratricis: (via The Romance of Chetham Library Chained Library at Chetham. It’s easy to forget that books were amongst the most valuable of commodities.  Every letter hand written by a scribe, who suffered greatly for the task.  Hell, even the parchment took about a year to transform from sheep/cowskin to a usable writing surface.  Some books took years to be completed from the time the were first commissioned. One of the most notable epics, Beowulf survives in exactly 1 extant copy. Seeing books like these should remind us, in the modern day, that it is absolutely imperative that information remain free and accessible.

vitamiratricis:

(via The Romance of Chetham Library

Chained Library at Chetham.

It’s easy to forget that books were amongst the most valuable of commodities.  Every letter hand written by a scribe, who suffered greatly for the task.  Hell, even the parchment took about a year to transform from sheep/cowskin to a usable writing surface.  Some books took years to be completed from the time the were first commissioned. One of the most notable epics, Beowulf survives in exactly 1 extant copy.

Seeing books like these should remind us, in the modern day, that it is absolutely imperative that information remain free and accessible.

(Source: jjones186)

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    I can’t help it, I see these and I think of grimoires.
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