1.5 Million Pages of Ancient Manuscripts Online

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 3, 2013 @05:10PM from the play-the-historical-documents dept.

New submitter LordWabbit2 sends this quote from an AP report: "The Vatican Library and Oxford University's Bodleian Library have put the first of 1.5 million pages of ancient manuscripts online. The two libraries in 2012 announced a four-year project to digitize some of the most important works of their collections of Hebrew manuscripts, Greek manuscripts and early printed books. Among the first up on the site Tuesday, are the two-volume Gutenberg bibles from each of the libraries and a beautiful 15th-century German bible, hand-colored and illustrated by woodcuts. ... The Vatican Library was founded in 1451 and is one of the most important research libraries in the world. The Bodleian is the largest university library in Britain."

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Comic Sans by ScottCooperDotNet · 2013-12-03 17:32 · Score: 3, Funny

And they're all available only in Comic Sans.
Appalling by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-03 17:47 · Score: 4, Funny

Absolutely no respect for copyright. If I was a descendant of the families who wrote these documents, I would be demanding compensation!
Quick translation results by Freshly+Exhumed · 2013-12-03 20:38 · Score: 3, Funny

Hmmm, if I've got this correct, the item I just read says: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels—bring home for Emma."

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