manuscripts

Now the British Library says it’s ‘reviewing’ its Hans Sloane manuscripts

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The British Library has announced it is now ‘reviewing’ its Sir Hans Sloane manuscripts as ‘woke’ activists target one of scores of London landmarks – including the famous Sloane Square – which are named after the pioneering doctor.  The move was revealed in a note on its website, and coincides with a wider review of Sloane’s legacy … Read more

Dead Sea Scrolls ‘mended’ with DNA from animal skin manuscripts

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The Dead Sea Scrolls are being pieced back together using DNA ‘fingerprints’ lifted from the animal skins on which they were written some 2,000 years ago. The scrolls are a collection of more than 25,000 ancient manuscript fragments, among which can be found the oldest known copies of books of the Hebrew Bible. They were first … Read more