A world in a book
Feb. 9th, 2011 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithLiterally:
A manuscript dated back to 1293 from Italy was sent to the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario (ICPAL) in Rome for restoration [7]. The volume is composed of 222 sheets divided into six gatherings with a binding made of parchment. It was written on Arabic paper made of linen and was characterized by a singular and never described deterioration phenomenon that gave the paper a dramatically felted aspect, especially in the margins.
The article goes on to describe how the beasts in the paper were identified.
I will add that there is something very Discworld/Hitchhiker's Guide about an ecosystem colonizing an ancient manuscript. Do they have wars? Elections? Football matches? A national anthem?
A manuscript dated back to 1293 from Italy was sent to the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario (ICPAL) in Rome for restoration [7]. The volume is composed of 222 sheets divided into six gatherings with a binding made of parchment. It was written on Arabic paper made of linen and was characterized by a singular and never described deterioration phenomenon that gave the paper a dramatically felted aspect, especially in the margins.
The article goes on to describe how the beasts in the paper were identified.
I will add that there is something very Discworld/Hitchhiker's Guide about an ecosystem colonizing an ancient manuscript. Do they have wars? Elections? Football matches? A national anthem?
