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The Odyssey by Nolan insufficiently accurate for you?
Here’s a dude singing it in Homeric
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Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds
by Dario Radley
Many stories from the Middle Ages never reached the present. A new study suggests the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time.
archaeologymag.com/2026/07/med…
Original article:
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/art…
#books #literature #old_Manuscripts
Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds
A new study estimates 60% of medieval texts and over 95% of manuscripts were lost through centuries of copying and destruction.Dario Radley (Archaeology News Online Magazine)
We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end.
More information about the Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project:
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneu…
#books #literature #old_Manuscripts
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
PHerc. 1667 has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened.Vesuvius Challenge
A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W
Danny Bate on the Linguistic History of Our Alphabet
lithub.com/a-necessary-history…
Books about Linguistics at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q…+
#books #literature #linguistics
A Necessary History of the Oddest Letter: W
“The letter W is a child of the fall of Rome. In the fifth century CE, the western half of the Roman Empire disintegrated into a patchwork of new kingdoms and new rulers. The reasons behind this co…Literary Hub
