Comments on: Early Manuscripts http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21345 CherryPie Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:44:27 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21345 Been a calligrapher must be a very rewarding job. My Great Grandfather is listed as being such in the records we find of him, but he died when my Grandmother was young so we can't find out much about him! Been a calligrapher must be a very rewarding job. My Great Grandfather is listed as being such in the records we find of him, but he died when my Grandmother was young so we can’t find out much about him!

]]> By: Astrid http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21328 Astrid Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:23:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21328 I always admire those books. I would not mind doing that as a job again. I learned how to be a calligrapher years ago. I love it. I always admire those books. I would not mind doing that as a job again.
I learned how to be a calligrapher years ago. I love it.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21266 CherryPie Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:30:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21266 That sounds like an interesting episode. I love old manuscripts :-) That sounds like an interesting episode. I love old manuscripts :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21265 CherryPie Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:29:29 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21265 Ooooh! I wonder if there are any of yours still left to see ;-) Ooooh! I wonder if there are any of yours still left to see ;-)

]]> By: james higham http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21261 james higham Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:05:36 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21261 There was a Morse episode based around this and the leaf needed to do the illustration. Always fascinating, old manuscripts. There was a Morse episode based around this and the leaf needed to do the illustration. Always fascinating, old manuscripts.

]]> By: Ginnie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21260 Ginnie Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:40:42 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21260 Ohhhhhhh. I LOVE manuscripts like this, Cherry. In fact, I think I painted them in a past life because they are so much a part of my pysche. Ohhhhhhh. I LOVE manuscripts like this, Cherry. In fact, I think I painted them in a past life because they are so much a part of my pysche.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21258 CherryPie Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:25:26 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21258 Yes digital data is rather transient. I just wonder if my words, thoughts, pictures even if printed off in book form would be preserved in a museum. Actually I don't really wonder, I know they would not be ;-) Unless someone unearthed a strange curiosity (packed away in the loft, never to see the light of day again) that captured their imagination and then who knows what would happen ;-) Yes digital data is rather transient. I just wonder if my words, thoughts, pictures even if printed off in book form would be preserved in a museum.

Actually I don’t really wonder, I know they would not be ;-) Unless someone unearthed a strange curiosity (packed away in the loft, never to see the light of day again) that captured their imagination and then who knows what would happen ;-)

]]> By: Don QuiScottie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21257 Don QuiScottie Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:55:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21257 Digital data has a tendency to dissipate, but my blogs are printed out in book form each year, for someone to laugh at sometime, perhaps while on display in The Museum of Human Stupidity down a dingy back street on a planet far away :) Digital data has a tendency to dissipate, but my blogs are printed out in book form each year, for someone to laugh at sometime, perhaps while on display in The Museum of Human Stupidity down a dingy back street on a planet far away :)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21255 CherryPie Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:23:46 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21255 Possibly... I wonder if our words and pictures will be preserved for posterity in the same way... Possibly…

I wonder if our words and pictures will be preserved for posterity in the same way…

]]> By: Don QuiScottie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/11/27/early-manuscripts/comment-page-1/#comment-21254 Don QuiScottie Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:17:28 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9486#comment-21254 Old bloggers? Old bloggers?

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