AI HUM SPT SOC TH The AI Prism AI Companies Are Shredding Rare Books — And That Changes Everything About Training Data There’s a story making the rounds on Hacker News this week — 794 upvotes, 514 comments, and climbing — that reveals something deeply…
ECO HUM SPR TH Thevaticanreportcontact 4 Antique Bibles That Can Be Worth Real Money Most old Bibles are worth very little. Here’s how collectors and appraisers spot the rare exceptions — and why age is almost never the…
SCI OG Oghadveer The Forgotten Technology of Sanskrit: Why Ancient Sounds Affect Our Reality We live in an age where we quantify everything — from the speed of light to the frequency of our Wi-Fi signals. Yet, when we look at…
RT R Tanaka Why Complete Edo-Period Shunga Book Sets Are Becoming Scarcer Every Year In the world of Edo-period shunga collecting, completeness is not a minor detail.
HUM SCI ART GEN SPT AL Alexandra Hill · Stacks Early modern recycling: waste material in book bindings One of the most rewarding things to find in a rare book is waste material.
SOC AL Alexandra Hill · Stacks When is a duplicate not a duplicate? Multiple copies and discoveries in the Early Printed Books In the depths of the Wellcome Collection lies a selection of early printed books (books printed pre-1851) referred to as ‘duplicates’