Reader's marks, annotations, and traces across centuries
"The Book of Kells"
17th century · Annotated by an impatient student
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│ ...Fear not, for I am... │
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│ § ⊕ ● │
│ ...and so the passage continues, with the │
│ reader's margin symbols and stars filling the margins... │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────┤ "ha!" "for M." │
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│ [page 279] │
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"The world has changed, but these words remain true."
Between pages 279 and 280: crumbs from long-forgotten meals
"Do not lend this book"
— the day he sailed