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George Washington’s Recipe “To Make Small Beer” from his 1757 notebook. George Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

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George Washington’s Recipe “To Make Small Beer” from his 1757 notebook. George Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

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Commemorative paper knife made for Charles Dickens, 1862. ivory, a paw from Dickens's deceased cat Bob, and metal. New York Public Library collection

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Commemorative paper knife made for Charles Dickens, 1862. ivory, a paw from Dickens's deceased cat Bob, and metal. New York Public Library collection

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Ketubbah for the marriage of Grazia Archivolti and Mosè Orsin, Modena, Italy, 1752. New York Public Library collection

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Ketubbah for the marriage of Grazia Archivolti and Mosè Orsin, Modena, Italy, 1752. New York Public Library collection

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A illumination from Ms. Bodley 264, depicting a monk and his cat reading together. The 14th century CE manuscript was produced in Tournai, Belgium, and is now housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford

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A illumination from Ms. Bodley 264, depicting a monk and his cat reading together. The 14th century CE manuscript was produced in Tournai, Belgium, and is now housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford

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A lock of Beethoven's hair mounted in a jewel-encrusted case with a glass covering, 1827. Music Division, New York Public Library

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A lock of Beethoven's hair mounted in a jewel-encrusted case with a glass covering, 1827. Music Division, New York Public Library

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An image of the unregenerate heart from page 21 of The book of similitudes. 1860 CE, now housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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An image of the unregenerate heart from page 21 of The book of similitudes. 1860 CE, now housed at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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A Coptic magical text , 6th–7th century CE, from Egypt. Ink on papyrus, now part of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

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A Coptic magical text , 6th–7th century CE, from Egypt. Ink on papyrus, now part of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

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Book of Esther scroll inscribed and illustrated by Raphael Montalto, Amsterdam, 1686. This vellum scroll is ten feet long. New York Public Library collection

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Book of Esther scroll inscribed and illustrated by Raphael Montalto, Amsterdam, 1686. This vellum scroll is ten feet long. New York Public Library collection

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F11v of Berthold Sacramentary, an illuminated manuscript made in Weingarten, Germany, in 1215-1217 CE. Now housed at the Morgan Library in New York

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F11v of Berthold Sacramentary, an illuminated manuscript made in Weingarten, Germany, in 1215-1217 CE. Now housed at the Morgan Library in New York

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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St Patrick sleeps on a hillock, flanked by a pair of fighting beasts and a figure holding a book, from an illustrated manuscript of Wauchier de Denain's Lives of the Saints; French, 13th century

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This 1000-year-old manuscript was created by about 16 scribes in a Benedictine abbey in Trier, Germany. They used gold ink to copy the text of the Gospels onto parchment that had been dyed with a plant-based purple pigment. Now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York

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This 1000-year-old manuscript was created by about 16 scribes in a Benedictine abbey in Trier, Germany. They used gold ink to copy the text of the Gospels onto parchment that had been dyed with a plant-based purple pigment. Now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York

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