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(DIR) Post #B8Dj0jmD5tndJAMZJA by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study findsby Dario RadleyMany stories from the Middle Ages never reached the present. A new study suggests the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time.https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/Original article:https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false#books #literature #old_Manuscripts
(DIR) Post #B8Dj9G86gp2jxyfVk8 by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
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@gutenberg_org Luckily, Medieval literature is largely theological and thus of interest to almost nobody today.
(DIR) Post #B8Dq7D1LydRVQMTlqq by DJHVII@mastodon.social
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@gutenberg_org Sturgeons rule "90% of everything is rubbish " so no big loss.
(DIR) Post #B8E1zybEOanu7VZv6m by ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science
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@gutenberg_org Maybe look in the private libraries of #billionaires ? 🤔
(DIR) Post #B8E6RZ0rWFVagoyeBs by shonin@c.im
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@gutenberg_org Something like that will occur when the electricity stops.
(DIR) Post #B8EVU92x11BdsaHWgS by dingodog19@sfba.social
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@gutenberg_org 800 years from now I'll be surprised if they have 60% of today's books.There will probably be some archaeologist piecing together bits of old hard drives and trying to Rosetta Stone the JPEG definition
(DIR) Post #B8EXvHX3m2lFvMQsUq by DerpKennedyJr@mastodon.social
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@gutenberg_org Honestly, we probably dodged a bunch of medieval-era Harlequin romance novels and Dianetics-style periodicals.