The engrossing dance of letters and words

A beautiful example of a text written in Caroline minuscule, 9th century, Oxford, Bodleian, MS. Laud Misc. 134, f. 15v

It's not just that we have access to more texts, books and written knowledge today than at any other point in history. It's also much much easier for us to read anything. Since most of us only read texts produced within the last half-cen…