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1.5 Million Pages of Ancient Manuscripts Online

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. In the name of "Allah" ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    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

    Theer used to be a HUGE library, but unfortunately some motherfucking camel jocky burned it down, in the name of "Allah" !