Reader's marks, annotations, and traces across centuries
"Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry"
early 20th century · Annotated by a night nurse
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│ ...Time present and time past... │
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│ § ⊗ ☞ │
│ ...and so the passage continues, with the │
│ reader's red ink corrections filling the margins... │
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│ ├─────────────────────────────────┤ "so true" "nota bene" "sic" │
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│ [page 66] │
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"I have underlined this so many times the paper is wearing thin."
Between pages 66 and 67: a fingerprint in old ink
"From the collection of"
— after the verdict