Dirty Books: Quantifying Patterns of Use in Medieval Manuscripts Using a Densitometer

found online by Raymond

 
From The Journal of Improbable Research:

“The dirt ground into the margins of medieval manuscripts is one of their interpretable features, which can help us to understand the desires, fears, and reading habits of the past.”

– explains researcher Dr Kathryn M. Rudy who is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Art History, of the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

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