This is truly a book lover's dream! If you go to the British Library's web site you can click on Turning the Pages and have access to 14 different manuscripts right on your computer! You can turn the pages yourself with your mouse, magnify the text and even hear an audio commentary on the text.
Texts include the original Alice in Wonderland, written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll, The Diamond Sutra the oldest printed "book", printed in China in 868, The Lindisfarne (Anglo Saxon) Gospels, the Golden Haggadah, a Hebrew Prayer Book and Leonardo DaVinci's own notebook.
Click and enjoy!!!
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Wow! That sounds great, thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThis is VERY interesting. Thanks for sharing it :)
ReplyDeleteI spent a lot of time on this site last night. I am amazed at the level of artistic talent that existed in the Middle Ages.
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