#oldbooks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #oldbooks, aggregated by home.social.
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#LostLiterature: Jean-Baptiste Camps and colleagues use a complexity science approach to estimate the amount of lost literature among #chivalric narratives, beginning in the 12th century. Agent-based simulations suggest that up to 60% of texts and more than 95% of #manuscripts may have been lost. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046
#science #history #literature #medieval #CulturalHeritage #books #oldbooks
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#LostLiterature: Jean-Baptiste Camps and colleagues use a complexity science approach to estimate the amount of lost literature among #chivalric narratives, beginning in the 12th century. Agent-based simulations suggest that up to 60% of texts and more than 95% of #manuscripts may have been lost. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046
#science #history #literature #medieval #CulturalHeritage #books #oldbooks
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🤔💡 "Oh wow, a whole manifesto on liking old books because they were made with *actual* human hands! 📚👌 Clearly, modern authors and their AI tools just don't compare to the artisanal wordsmithing of yore. 🙄 Maybe someone should tell the 21st century to slow down, so Lorenzo Gravina can catch up! 🚀😂"
https://notes.lorenzogravina.com/musings/pre-2022-books #oldbooks #artisanwriting #modernauthors #AItools #literarymanifesto #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔💡 "Oh wow, a whole manifesto on liking old books because they were made with *actual* human hands! 📚👌 Clearly, modern authors and their AI tools just don't compare to the artisanal wordsmithing of yore. 🙄 Maybe someone should tell the 21st century to slow down, so Lorenzo Gravina can catch up! 🚀😂"
https://notes.lorenzogravina.com/musings/pre-2022-books #oldbooks #artisanwriting #modernauthors #AItools #literarymanifesto #HackerNews #ngated -
I LOVE restaurants that have lots of old books by every table!
Excellent sandwiches, too.
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I LOVE restaurants that have lots of old books by every table!
Excellent sandwiches, too.
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@oldbookillustrations Thinking on this, a pity Hetzel editor never thought on Doré for illustrating Verne's books :AI_Yay: #illustration #art #ChildrensBook #oldbooks
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@oldbookillustrations Thinking on this, a pity Hetzel editor never thought on Doré for illustrating Verne's books :AI_Yay: #illustration #art #ChildrensBook #oldbooks
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#bondia ilustrad@s :ablobcatnomcookie: #oldbooks Rubén Darío #literatura #poetry
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#bondia ilustrad@s :ablobcatnomcookie: #oldbooks Rubén Darío #literatura #poetry
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@publicdomainrev And it has a STUNNING cover!
#oldbook #oldbooks #beautiful #bookcovers #1800s -
@publicdomainrev And it has a STUNNING cover!
#oldbook #oldbooks #beautiful #bookcovers #1800s -
Zum #DrachenDienstag (hab ich mir ausgedacht) eine Abbildung von 1473 aus der @stabihh
#hamburgerkulturgutdigital #iiifbooks #oldbooks #monstermonday
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Zum #DrachenDienstag (hab ich mir ausgedacht) eine Abbildung von 1473 aus der @stabihh
#hamburgerkulturgutdigital #iiifbooks #oldbooks #monstermonday
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/pages/img_7378-stack-of-books/
Some of the more photogenic books whose images i’ve scanned for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ - a photo i took back in 2007.
Charles Knight’s two-volume “Old England’ on the bottom is what started it all.
Canon EF-S 17-18mm IS lens, f/5.6 at 1/13th sec, camera EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi).
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/pictures-of-old-books/pages/img_7378-stack-of-books/
Some of the more photogenic books whose images i’ve scanned for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ - a photo i took back in 2007.
Charles Knight’s two-volume “Old England’ on the bottom is what started it all.
Canon EF-S 17-18mm IS lens, f/5.6 at 1/13th sec, camera EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi).
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Darboy-ImitationOfChrist/pages/310-full-page-christian-border/
A full-page border, or page surround, featuring Christian religious figures, birds, and a crocodile or dragon (which is intended? i am uncertain). It’s from an 1855 edition of Imitation of Christ.
#vintageEngraving #christianity #border #A4 #GIMP #GIMP3 #xsane #Darboy #imitationOfChrist #oldBooks #fobo
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Darboy-ImitationOfChrist/pages/310-full-page-christian-border/
A full-page border, or page surround, featuring Christian religious figures, birds, and a crocodile or dragon (which is intended? i am uncertain). It’s from an 1855 edition of Imitation of Christ.
#vintageEngraving #christianity #border #A4 #GIMP #GIMP3 #xsane #Darboy #imitationOfChrist #oldBooks #fobo
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strangely my #ChildrensBooks are looking quite #antiquarian now. when did that happen? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/books-growing-old-with-me.html #oldbooks #memories #reading
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strangely my #ChildrensBooks are looking quite #antiquarian now. when did that happen? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/books-growing-old-with-me.html #oldbooks #memories #reading
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Do you know The Bobbsey Twins? Come join me at 1pm NZT as we get to know the twins and their world. twitch.tv/jevvvnz #TwitchANZ #NZStreams #NZTwitch #VintageAdventureStory #OldBooks #ReadingAloud #CodexReaders #NotAnAudiobook #DrinksSnacksComfy #LinkInBio #NoPolitics #NoSports
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@unusnemo
Oh yes. In fact I read a bit about the history of absolute zero when this conversation started. It's fascinating to see how they estimated where the bottom of the scale was, and how they then refined that number over the centuries. -
@unusnemo
Oh yes. In fact I read a bit about the history of absolute zero when this conversation started. It's fascinating to see how they estimated where the bottom of the scale was, and how they then refined that number over the centuries. -
1) När man är mycket gammal har man massor av information i sitt huvud men vet inte vad, eller var man stoppat den.
2) Det praktiska med att vara gammal, glömsk och kontroversiell är att andra också har en massa information om en.
3) Fast eftersom man är glömsk, vet man inte vilken information som går att lita på. Vad gjorde jag 1789? En slumpvis utvald högstadieelev vet bara obetydligt mindre om det än jag. #böcker #books #historia #oldbooks -
1) När man är mycket gammal har man massor av information i sitt huvud men vet inte vad, eller var man stoppat den.
2) Det praktiska med att vara gammal, glömsk och kontroversiell är att andra också har en massa information om en.
3) Fast eftersom man är glömsk, vet man inte vilken information som går att lita på. Vad gjorde jag 1789? En slumpvis utvald högstadieelev vet bara obetydligt mindre om det än jag. #böcker #books #historia #oldbooks -
Post to blog : Smartphonography Club : The Boundless Library of Jinbocho
#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #UsedBooks #TokyoBookstore #Jimbocho #OldBookshttps://www.smartphonography.club/2026/03/the-boundless-library-of-jinbocho/
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Post to blog : Smartphonography Club : The Boundless Library of Jinbocho
#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #UsedBooks #TokyoBookstore #Jimbocho #OldBookshttps://www.smartphonography.club/2026/03/the-boundless-library-of-jinbocho/
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✏️ A handwritten Arabic translation of Hammer’s “Ancient Alphabets and Hieroglyphic Characters Explained with an Account of Egyptian Priests”, prepared in Istanbul, Late 19th Century #oldbooks
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@History_of_Geology 🤯 wow.
Better resolution of Verne’s book via #ChronoVolcano at https://mprove.de/chronolab/world/tour/volcano3d.htmlThen click the button [Journey to the Center of the World]
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@History_of_Geology 🤯 wow.
Better resolution of Verne’s book via #ChronoVolcano at https://mprove.de/chronolab/world/tour/volcano3d.htmlThen click the button [Journey to the Center of the World]
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Thank you so much for your feedback and encouraging words!
🙏 https://mprove.de/chronoscope/feedback.html#timetravel on #oldmaps, #oldbooks and cultural info spots.
#openglam #glasperlenspiel
