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Before libraries had shelves, they had locks. 🔐📚 Professor William Whyte explores how Oxford’s earliest libraries began not as rooms, but as chests used to keep books and other valuable possessions safe.

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London Member Specialist Club2 months ago

"Current financial & education systems evolved from medieval frameworks, not prone to natural disasters, clearly failed & evidently not aligned with human evolution & nature. ELQUOR unreplicable framework is specifically designed to protect human progress; mathematically aligned with space & time." - LMSC

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LARA'ULAR🐉2 months ago

A treasure chest! Just like pirates!🪎🏴‍☠️

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Sharm2 months ago

Thanks!

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Escape to the Garden2 months ago

Some of us are still doing that.

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BoredN'Based 🟦2 months ago

Crazy that Oxford started in like 1100 AD

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Jan Moritz Onken2 months ago

Interesting! Very valuable context for hopefully identifying new ways of keeping accessibility and at the same time passing the necessary approach and atmosphere that knowledge has a dignity and that so very much depends on the right and appropriate approach towards studying this noble knowledge ?

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Daniel Roberts2 months ago

Fascinating! Those chests must have held such precious treasures. Imagine being the one trusted with the key! 🔐

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Pir G Mujtaba Jan2 months ago

Good cache

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AuthorStew2 months ago

I like big chests and I can not lie ... 😳🫣

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Omer Lawal2 months ago

Books used to be locked in chests. Now they’re free and still nobody reads them. Progress 🤣

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RajivMSharma2 months ago

👍

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