Medieval manuscripts: an enduring obsession
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The Forging of Manuscripts
Darwin was he fiercely divided the world between those who supported him and those who despised him. It's one of those things that you can tell a lot about any civilization by what it is they forged in the middle ages. People were probably forging banknotes and money I don't know whether we forged money now but we do forge financial deals which clearly clearly matters now. The forging of art is itself fascinating by product a sideline of the history of art and people quite like doing it now. If you could pick just one of them to come and sit down and have around for dinner who would you want to meet?
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