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Originally Posted by HarryT
But when it could quite literally be a lifetime's work for a monk to produce one copy of a book for a monastery library, books were objects almost without price, and their theft was regarded as a truly monstrous crime.
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In some cases, the Bible and any other book they might be wealthy enough to possess would be chained to the altar with big heavy chains. We are blessed now to be so wealthy as a society that we own rooms filled with bookshelves. And how amazing is it that we have problems finding space to store all of them? Of course, in that copious book wealth are mostly junk books not worth saving, but that is another conversation.
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Originally Posted by Patricia Ryan
You mean someone besides me actually read that book? (And didn't just say they read it.) Great article. Thanks for posting about it!
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It is a classic. Davinci Code is the comic book version of it.