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If anyone steals it: may he die, may he be roasted in a frying pan, may the falling sickness and fever attack him, and may he be rotated on the breaking wheel and hanged. Amen. On medieval book curses https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/frying-pans-forks-and-fever-medieval-book-curses.html #books #minds

Frying pans, forks and fever: Medieval book curses

Have you ever lost, forgotten to return or accidentally damaged a library book? If so, you may have been asked to pay a fee to replace or repair the book — but you still got away easy! During the Middle Ages, the fate of both your body and soul could...

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Jun 8 2019 · 3:04 PM

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