And of course, a transcription/translation serves more than you alone, and you can't know what others will find relevant! (This is a big problem for medieval historical texts, many of which were transcribed highly piecemeal in service of Quellenkunde.)

Because what we do involves reading things, thinking very hard about them, and then writing those thoughts down, there’s this odd perception that anyone who can do that is/can be a historian, and doesn’t (usually) need to have gone through the requisite training to be one.

It frustrates me that fields such as history are increasingly becoming something of a free-for-all. Imagine the reverse, in which a bona fide history professor publishes a polemic book claiming to ‘lift the veil on secrets’ of, say, structural engineering. It’d be considered absurd, and rightly so.

Its like literally the punchline in Tom Lehrer's Irish Ballad...

It helps when your century can canonical begin in the 980s and end in the 1250s.

I was not aware of this, so thanks for the tip!

Oh I missed that. One of the fun things about Leipzig is that the Uni library has the ex libris of Bernard Bischoff, many of which are dedicated copies. Worth noting that these are usually noted in the library's metadata, e.g.: katalog.ub.uni-leipzig.de/Record/0-107....

Don't know what OS you're currently on, but I've not experienced any more pushing of AI from Sequoia to Tahoe. (I just never turned on Apple Int. in settings and I've not heard any more about it. Don't know if my experience here is abnormal.)

Might be worth comparing the previous folio (3v) where there looks to be a change of ink at what was originally the new year (801) as written, but was then erased and moved down a paragraph. If the theory is right, did the author of the new years entry realize they were adding old material?

Congratulations! 🎉

I want to send *both* books to someone who'd find my work useful! (PP in paperback, GR in hardback—note it's also available as a free PDF! library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...) If that's you, just *quote-post* this thread, and I'll pick a recipient next week 😊 (To share without entering, just repost!)

Maybe I'm just being daft here, but what's the issue with an atheist responding "no" to this question?