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John Milton and a page from Holinshed's Chronicles preserving Milton's censorship of a lewd anecdote

John Milton's notes identified in an influential book he once owned

15 May 2024

John Milton’s handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Holinshed's Chronicles , a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost...

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15th-century manuscript

A scriptorium of commonplace books

01 May 2010

A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.

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Charles Darwin

Release of Darwin’s papers includes first draft of Theory of Evolution

17 Apr 2008

The first draft of Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is among thousands of his private papers made accessible online for the very first time.

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