“Devil codex Gigas” by Kungl. biblioteket. Licensed under Attribution via Wikimedia Commons. I went through a phase of collecting antiquated books when I was younger. The binding, text and smell added to the...
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The Physiologus is an ancient text, written somewhere between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. The book features drawings of animals, mythical and real, alongside short stories, explaining the animal’s general characteristics. The stories are designed...
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The Hortus deliciarum is a medieval, illuminated encyclopedia compiled by Herrad of Landsberg at the Hohenburg Abbey in Alsace. Herrad’s work on the document began in 1167 in her convent (yes Herrad was a woman, of all things)....
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