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Luc 16 hours ago [-]
> [...] the maker was almost certainly a transcriber who used it to keep his place on the page and note the column he was writing in when he stopped. The wheel would be moved to the stopping point and the circle turned to the number of the column he had been writing in when he stopped.
It would make a lot more sense that the bookmark was placed in the source book rather than in the copy. I.e. the wheel would be turned to the source column they had been reading from.
thomascountz 12 hours ago [-]
I imagined the same; and in that case, it wouldn't need to follow that it was transcriber's bookmark.
klimt01 11 hours ago [-]
The other instrument, a pencil-beam light.
ungreased0675 15 hours ago [-]
I have a pretty over engineered fidget spinner on my desk. (Flyaway) It’s amusing to imagine what a future archeologist would say about its function and importance to my work.
sorokod 11 hours ago [-]
Likely to be classified as early 21st century religious artefact.
goodmythical 11 hours ago [-]
Fertility symbol
dukeofdoom 14 hours ago [-]
Maybe bookmarks need innovation. Not sure what exists out there now, but could be a cool product
deberon 14 hours ago [-]
I’ve been innovating on bookmarks for decades. Money, receipts, paint swatches, entire spiral notebooks, ripped off corners of magazines… bookmarks are everywhere!
doubled112 11 hours ago [-]
Basically anything that will fit between pages and is in reach is a bookmark.
akkartik 11 hours ago [-]
Including the cover of another book.
thih9 14 hours ago [-]
Perhaps a book that keeps track of the reading progress automatically. /s
nortlov 12 hours ago [-]
Yes! A method to easily understand completion status without having to open a book to verify progress.
polnurfer 16 hours ago [-]
Now that’s an NFT!
hypercube33 16 hours ago [-]
Disappointing it doesnt list the expected or sale price that it went for on either the article or the linked auction page.
mfcl 16 hours ago [-]
From the article:
> The pre-sale estimate £800-1200 ($1073-1610). It sold for £7,000 ($9390).
It would make a lot more sense that the bookmark was placed in the source book rather than in the copy. I.e. the wheel would be turned to the source column they had been reading from.
> The pre-sale estimate £800-1200 ($1073-1610). It sold for £7,000 ($9390).