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29/04/2024

The largest surviving chained library in the world is at Hereford Cathedral.

All the books are still kept under lock and key in their original chains, the system helped prevent theft in the Middle Ages as books were relatively rare, read more: https://thetravelbible.com/top-artifacts-from-the-medieval-period/

06/04/2024

Instead of an e-reader, picture your favorite books on a portable Ferris wheel, a lazy susan of knowledge and imagination turned on its side. Supplement your jogging habit with a treadmill that literally mills, converting caloric expenditure into bread flour. Or flip another page to find: bandsaws and bellows powered by rivers; ecological cofferdams; and a fountain that uses hydrostatic pressure to sing the songs of birds, beckoning nightingales to preen beneath its spouting showers. Agostino Ramelli’s 1588 Le diverse et artificiose machine (Diverse and artificial machines) features these devices (and about two hundred others) in an intricately illustrated volume. See our highlights here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/agostino-ramelli-theatre-of-machines

19/03/2024

DID YOU KNOW?
The Library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. It's said that to grow its collection, the library would seize all books from ships that came into port, make copies of them, and then return the copies to the owners while keeping the originals for its collection. This aggressive acquisition strategy helped amass knowledge from across the known world.

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