Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Before the 8th century, European handwriting was a chaotic mess of illegible styles that stifled communication. Discover how Charlemagne and his monks standardized writing with "Carolingian Minuscule", the direct ancestor…
In the early 20th century, Ludwig Sütterlin designed a unique handwriting script that became the standard in German schools, only to be abruptly banned by the Nazis in 1941. This…
A scribe's error in a single manuscript can be so influential it gets copied for centuries, becoming the "correct" version. Journey into the world of paleography and discover the linguistic…
Teaching a computer to read is simple, but what if the text is a 2,000-year-old, fragmented manuscript written in an archaic script? The digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls presents…
Before the printing press, every book was a handmade original, and every scribe made mistakes. Far from being mere blemishes, these scribal "bloopers" are a treasure trove for historians and…