Just a really lovely collection of beautifully imperfect medieval manuscripts

Before Tipex correction fluid, people sure got creative.

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Writer and Twitter user Paul Cooper assembled thread of medieval manuscripts that had been repaired, and the results are a kind of art in and of themselves.

A thread on the creative and beautiful ways that the artists of the past repaired the flaws in torn and damaged manuscriptspic.twitter.com/81YSAhKGot

— Paul 🌹📚 Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) April 10, 2018

Before the spread of paper books in the 13th century, parchment was the standard material.

Parchment was made from animal skin (usually a cow or sheep), scraped into thin layers and dried. It was expensive, and books were a sign of great wealth.

(photo: https://t.co/vcCtAjpSAZ) pic.twitter.com/7TNB2K3Qob

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