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    (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.

    (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.

    (via face-down-asgard-up)

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