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Thursday, January 24, 2019

Medieval book coffer shows appetite for mobile reading 'is nothing new'

Bodleian acquires rare box dated to late 1400s, saying it reveals preoccupation with accessing information on the move is centuries-old

Somewhat less portable than today’s mobile information devices, a rare French gothic coffer dating to the late 1400s that was used to transport books has been acquired by Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.

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