I guess every college has its own rumors about what goes on in the lowest basement of its library. Mine certainly did! (Of course, the school I'm at now is famous for its nerdliness, and I have heard no such tales about B-level. The eyesore first-year dorms, on the other hand . . .)
I love the description of the book. Parchment preserves so well! I remember once being allowed into Special Collections to look at a big, big book of chants, like one that was big enough for a whole choir of monks to sing out of, and it was so pretty and crisp.
Alas for Sherlock and John, though! They should have stuck with the pretty pictures.
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Date: 2012-10-01 10:23 pm (UTC)I love the description of the book. Parchment preserves so well! I remember once being allowed into Special Collections to look at a big, big book of chants, like one that was big enough for a whole choir of monks to sing out of, and it was so pretty and crisp.
Alas for Sherlock and John, though! They should have stuck with the pretty pictures.