Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Anyone with a younger sibling knows how hard it is to keep prying eyes from glimpsing

their diary or rooting around in their closet.

It's not always possible to lock something valuable away, because someone nosy enough

will always find a way to get to it.

Scribes in the Middle Ages had similar problems.

They were typically monks who were experts in the art of handwriting and calligraphy.

Because at the time housed most books and would send their scribes to other churches

to copy important manuscripts for their own libraries.

A dedicated monk would spend morning till night, hunched over a desk, fingers gripping

their pen until the sun disappeared.

Candles were too dangerous to use around the manuscripts for obvious reasons.

Many books from that era had been lost due to fires.

Some accidentally, some set deliberately.

So when darkness fell, it was time to retire.

The work would then begin with the sun the next day.

When a scribe finished a book, he might write a little note at the end to let the reader

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