medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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 ...
Appropriately humbled,
Frans van Liere
Department of History, Calvin College
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Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402
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>>> John Briggs <[log in to unmask]> 04/28/08 8:00 PM >>>
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Frans van Liere wrote:
>
> 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.
Actually, judging from the photographs, the "swivel mechanism" (whether
ingenuous or not...) seems to be the same as that on the present Bodleian
model:
http://shop.bodley.ox.ac.uk/acatalog/info_DT0001.html
John Briggs
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