October 21, 2004

The Puzzling Technology of the Book

Via Matthew Zimmerman on Humanist: ~4MB WMV clip. Brilliant even if you don’t understand Danish Norwegian.

Cf. this old favorite.

Posted by mgk at October 21, 2004 12:48 PM
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The second link doesn't work!

Posted by: George at October 21, 2004 03:33 PM | Link to Comment

Fixed--

Posted by: MGK at October 21, 2004 03:36 PM | Link to Comment

They are both brilliant! Is the second one something filmed at IATH?

Posted by: George at October 21, 2004 04:06 PM | Link to Comment

That's Jerry McGann working on the Rossetti Archive.

;-)

Posted by: MGK at October 21, 2004 06:55 PM | Link to Comment

LOL!

Posted by: George at October 21, 2004 07:23 PM | Link to Comment

It is brilliant, granted, but the language you don't need to understand is actually Norwegian. If it had been Danish, lack of understanding probably would have been an issue...

Posted by: Espen at October 22, 2004 02:15 PM | Link to Comment

Thanks for the correction, Espen.

Posted by: MGK at October 22, 2004 03:36 PM | Link to Comment
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