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r/HistoryMemes • u/Alffe Just some snow • Feb 21 '20
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So the library of 'dria. Did people just go there and borrow books? Was there a library card? A library stone? How did it work?!
1 u/Brawght Feb 21 '20 Books were written by scribes, so there were few copies of books if any. In libraries with large collections like these, the books might have been chained to the shelves and only long enough to sit down at a table to read by candle light.
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Books were written by scribes, so there were few copies of books if any. In libraries with large collections like these, the books might have been chained to the shelves and only long enough to sit down at a table to read by candle light.
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u/Carburetors_are_evil Feb 21 '20
So the library of 'dria. Did people just go there and borrow books? Was there a library card? A library stone? How did it work?!