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Seleya_IDIC t1_j9vqf37 wrote

I don’t know if it applies to books, but dress historians and curators are using gloves less and less because the lack of feeling can cause you to unknowingly damage the item. I wonder if it’s the same idea?

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ekoms_stnioj t1_j9wc4fu wrote

Amazing how the Safra dynasty had managed to privatize their lives to where they can be referred to as “the owner of an Irish hotel”

This is one of the worlds wealthiest families worth tens upon tens of billions - found it interesting. Imagine having the wealth to buy these treasures.. I envy that aspect

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spectacletourette t1_ja6szd5 wrote

The codex in the news is nowhere near as culturally significant as the Codex Sinaiticus, but…

A while back, I saw the Codex Sinaiticus at the British Library. It was thrilling to be in the presence of this cultural treasure. As an atheist, I consider it to be like any Bible; a collection of myths, legends, poetry and unreliable history written without any divine inspiration, but it would take a special combination of crassness and ignorance to look on this object and have no thought other than… “fairy tales”.

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