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One of the achievements of electronic media has been the recovery of what may be called the live text. If Gutenberg's printing press was the museum in which letters came to repose in fossilizing slumber, then the computer woke them all up and brought them back to a special kind of life. The printing press,... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered how many cross-referenced texts can fit on the same medieval manuscript page? Having given this question a fair amount of thought – half an hour – I conclude that the winner of the 'medieval hypertext award' is, without a doubt, the 'Canterbury Psalter' also known as 'Eadwin's Psalter' (now Cambridge, Trinity... Continue Reading →
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