By Francesca Bezzone
We all love – or should love – books. They keep the essence of culture and help passing it on to the next generations. They tell stories: invented, when they're novels, of how events took place and why, when about history, of discoveries and how the world works, when related to science.
Each and every book, though, also tells another type of story to those attentive enough and with a trained eye: they keep, within and on their pages, the secret of how they came to be. This is especially true for ancient manuscripts, where the type of script, the ink, and the characteristics of the vellum used can tell us where the text was written, when and even show signs of corrections. Analyzing different manuscripts of the same text can bring a paleographer to understand and compile the original version of the text itself, thus enhancing our knowledge of its content and the reasons behind its composition.
Fonte: L'italo-Americano
