Book History: Book Curses! 🔮

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English - January 15, 2021 19:39 - 12 minutes - 14.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 449 ratings
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In this episode of Book History, Ariel dives into the world of book curses. Used by scribes to protect books from theft, what were these curses all about?

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Bibliography:
Great curses: https://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/top-10-medieval-book-curses/
CBC report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/haruki-murakami-toronto-theft-used-books-used-book-store-1.3923235
Info about early scribes: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/ancientbooks/2016/05/24/medieval-book-production-and-monastic-life/
Chains and chests: https://medievalbooks.nl/2015/07/10/chain-chest-curse-combating-book-theft-in-medieval-times/
Earliest book plate: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3185
Book plate history and examples: https://lithub.com/a-brief-history-of-personalized-bookplates/
Famous book plates: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/ex-libris-the-bookplates-of-31-famous-men/
A list of great book curses: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/536874/9-curses-book-thieves-middle-ages-and-beyond