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Not Your Usual Find
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Tiglath
2023-09-21 08:38:11 UTC
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The church in Mediaș

Discovered in the Ropemakers’ tower of St. Margaret’s Church, the find included over 200 books and manuscripts with fragments of printed work that date back to the 9th century.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/this-medieval-manuscript-archive-discovery-promised-to-change-european-history/ss-AA14s85K?cvid=d49e7eb851954e45a7a7a9d3bbd76cce&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=118#image=6

Apologies for medieval content.
Peter Jason
2023-09-21 21:03:45 UTC
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The church in Media?
Discovered in the Ropemakers’ tower of St. Margaret’s Church, the find included over 200 books and manuscripts with fragments of printed work that date back to the 9th century.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/this-medieval-manuscript-archive-discovery-promised-to-change-european-history/ss-AA14s85K?cvid=d49e7eb851954e45a7a7a9d3bbd76cce&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=118#image=6
Apologies for medieval content.
I forgive you, and what a great find. It is to be hoped the whole
hoard will be handed over to professional restorers and scanners for
posting on the Internet. Oxford has published online much of the
Oxyrhynchus Papyri in their collection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyrhynchus_Papyri

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