Inside The Fight To Save The World’s Most Important Manuscripts
Book hunters are the secret heroes of history. In times of greatest barbarism, they tried to save what could be saved. Without the book hunters, we would know much less about our own history. While libraries burned and rulers systematically destroyed unpopular literature, they collected and copied manuscripts. Only what fell into the hands of the dedicated book hunters, had a chance of being handed down. Thus, Tacitus’ “Germania” reached the Middle Ages in only one copy. Credit to : Timeline – World History Documentaries
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