Librarians in the late Medieval and early Early Modern periods were not messing around. If this nice curse wasn‘t enough to keep you from stealing a book, some of the monks would “beat an apprehended thief to within an inch of his life.”
And you thought monks were nice, sweet, holy, pious men.
#stephengreenblatt #theswerve #latefees
Weaponxgirl I‘ve never thought of calling on bookworms to knaw on my enemies entrails before. That will be stored deep in my brain from now on, a cross between the worm from the labyrinth and a nightmare 6y
GingerAntics @Weaponxgirl right? There is no unreading that. I bet you‘d always get your books back, right? lol 6y
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