Hacker News with Generative AI: Manuscripts

Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī's Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century) (publicdomainreview.org)
The images gathered below come from an anonymous copy of Ismail al-Jazarī’s thirteenth-century treatise on the construction of machines.

History, Engineering, Public Domain, Manuscripts

100 points by YoctoYARN 26 days ago | 38 comments

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 (cam.ac.uk)
A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur.

History, Manuscripts, Medieval Literature, King Arthur, Merlin

136 points by derbOac 55 days ago | 37 comments

Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur hidden inside another book (bbc.com)
An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting-edge techniques.

History, Literature, Archaeology, Manuscripts

11 points by rolph 60 days ago | 0 comments

Another Look at the Voynich Manuscript (theatlantic.com)

History, Linguistics, Mysteries, Manuscripts

47 points by fortran77 287 days ago | 25 comments

Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton (arstechnica.com)

History, Literature, Books, Manuscripts

88 points by nobody9999 373 days ago | 31 comments