Thursday, May 23, 2013
Eric's Wednesday Experience
I liked the books the the University of Leiden library because I have worked at a library since I was a freshman in high school. I found it interesting that I did not have to wear gloves. The book from 1517 was really interesting that it was still in such good condition. Finally, I really thought it was neat how the pictures of skeletons had the same backgrounds but reversed when looking at the other side of the skeleton.
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I thought it was awesome that the backgrounds were the same! It exemplified the high level of creativity and thought that went into the book, especially because they were hand-drawn.
ReplyDeleteAwesome that we got to touch them!
I also thought it was crazy that I got to touch such an old book. I was expecting to were gloves, but I'm glad i could feel the texture of the pages. I also thought it was funny that these priceless books were housed between two channels.
ReplyDeleteagreed, the artwork was just as good as the text, if not better.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this was very cool to experience the very old books. It was/is crazy to think about how long they have been around and how many people have touched and used them. It also surprised me how casually they were treated, but that itself was very cool as well.
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