violets, strawberries, and feet

129r - Cod. Bodmer 176 (Rhetorica - 1471) 129v - Cod. Bodmer 176 (Rhetorica - 1471)

I love the tiny imperfections of manuscripts - the guide lines left behind, the smudges, the awkward spacing. These infinitely precious things are infinitely flawed, more than any book we would produce today. And yet -- they serve their function, and perhaps the better for it.

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