Where did all the gooseberries go? In the mediaeval period, hedgehogs were far more a pest than the loveable and endangered creatures they are today. From the "Northumberland Bestiary", c.1250. (1)
Hell: don't go there! A vision of the future? I hope not! From the opening page of the Requiem Mass, in a missal of c.1492, 'Latin 16827' f.58v, in the Bibliothèque National de France) [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b60012792/f720.item.r=Latin%2016827] (1)
I Love the Smell of Old BooksI'm lucky enough to work with old books, and there's just something so magical about their musty, earthy smell and their soft leather bindings.
I Love the Smell of Old BooksWorked in a secondhand bookstore for years. I miss being surrounded by that smell.
I Love the Smell of Old BooksThere aren't many old bibliotheca that afford you the opportunity to come into sensory contact with many old books now, it's almost a dumbing down of humankind by some unseen malicious entity who seeks to lead us all like the Pied Piper into... See More »
I Love the Smell of Old BooksI am told that it is not wise to smell them because it is the molds and mildew which we smell. But certainly old paper has an odor of its own! Doesn't It?
