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| | The Leiden University news of the month is that I've once more registered for the Summer School. The courses I'm taking these year are Sabellic languages, Introduction to Sogdian, Historical grammar of Sanskrit and Old Irish. The Sabellic languages are the closest relatives of Latin, spoken in parts of Italy before Latin took over, and...
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| | Why did some Anglo-Saxon manuscripts have triangular texts? And where did they get this idea from?
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| | After the invention of the printing press, old handwritten books and documents were commonly recycled as reinforcements in new bookbindings made in the 15th through 18th centuries. Now, thanks to an x-ray technique developed in the Netherlands, these hidden manuscript fragments are readable without destroying the book they're a part of. It's all possible with...
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| [AI summary] The Northern New York Library Network offers a quarterly grant program supporting institutions in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within libraries, archives, and museums.