Circa 150 C.E., someone copied out the last book of the Iliad on papyrus, and enough of it survived to become one of the best-preserved ancient manuscripts of the poem anywhere. It is now scanned at a resolution that shows the scribe’s hand — the column ruling, the corrections, the reading marks a later owner added. Free to page through, no library card, no glass case.
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