Medieval Books
medievalbooks.nl · Group blog · on HN since 2014
Medievalists at a Dutch research library write about manuscripts, book history, fonts, codes, and how medieval books were made and protected.
What HN saysHN commenters call it a source of really great articles and link it for examples such as medieval book ads, texting, and X-ray imaging of hidden libraries.
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- 1X-Rays Expose a Hidden Medieval Library3 people · 86 points · first shared 2015 · 6 comments on HN
- 2Chain, Chest, Curse: Combating Book Theft in Medieval Times3 people · 55 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 3The Secrets of Medieval Fonts2 people · 104 points · first shared 2016 · 12 comments on HN
- 4Cracking Codes in Medieval Books2 people · 39 points · first shared 2015 · 2 comments on HN
- 5Judging a Book by its Cover2 people · 32 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 6The Oldest Advertisements for Books2 people · 31 points · first shared 2014 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Half Full, Half Empty: The Peculiar Medieval Page2 people · 28 points · first shared 2015 · 5 comments on HN
- 8Medieval Letter-People2 people · 27 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Box It, Bag It, Wrap It: Medieval Books on the Go (2015)2 people · 17 points · first shared 2015 · 3 comments on HN
- 10Dirty Old Books2 people · 11 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 11Where are the Scriptoria?2 people · 10 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 12Rare Medieval Name Tags2 people · 8 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 13Texting in medieval times2 people · first shared 2015
- 14Medieval Desktops1 people · 153 points · first shared 2014 · 36 comments on HN
- 15Dirt in Medieval Books1 people · 133 points · first shared 2015 · 17 comments on HN
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coldpie · 2022-02-21
A bunch more really great articles along these lines here: https://medievalbooks.nl/
A favorite: https://medievalbooks.nl/2018/09/20/me-myself-and-i/
userbinator · 2017-04-23
Stone tablets are more rugged than other media, but others have survived; here's an example someone else posted recently:
https://medievalbooks.nl/2015/04/17/texting-in-medieval-times/
gus_massa · 2016-09-11
Somewhat related: "X-Rays Expose a Hidden Medieval Library" https://medievalbooks.nl/2015/12/18/x-rays-expose-a-hidden-medieval-li… HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10758257 (86 points, 267 days ago, 6 comments)
tribe · 2015-06-11
There are examples of medieval books with ads in them, so it seems such advertisements are older than mass media or the printing press.
http://medievalbooks.nl/2014/12/05/medieval-spam-the-oldest-advertisem…