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Medieval school

Students in a school in the Middle Ages, 1338-1344.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a miniature illustration from MS Bodleian Misc. 264

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Medieval Arabs teaching science

Astronomy, alchemy and astrology taught by Arab scholars in medieval schools.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Chained books in a Dutch library

University of Leiden library, where all the books were chained in place, 1500s -1600s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

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