medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Great minds . . . it is obviously the right way to do it.
DW
Frans van Liere wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Darn, have I ever. That looks pretty much the same, doesn't it? My visual memory must serve me pretty well, because I really sat down and tried to think about how to prop up the two sides with a pivoting middle part without looking at any photographs, and I was pretty proud of myself for solving this technical problem. Nichil novum ...
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> Frans van Liere
> Department of History, Calvin College
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>>>> John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> 04/28/08 8:00 PM >>>
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Frans van Liere wrote:
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>> In any case, the design of the simple reading stand of which I sent a
>> photograph (not the five-book stand), although inspired by one I saw
>> in the Bodleian Library, is no copy. I sat down with only a vague
>> memory of the bookstand several years later, and made my own design.
>> There are not that many different ways to design a book stand, but I
>> dare say that the ingenuous "swivel mechanism" (TM) to prop it up is
>> entirely my invention. But I have not patented it. I will not sue if
>> you copy this design.
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> Actually, judging from the photographs, the "swivel mechanism" (whether
> ingenuous or not...) seems to be the same as that on the present Bodleian
> model:
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> http://shop.bodley.ox.ac.uk/acatalog/info_DT0001.html
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> John Briggs
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