A Chicago Library Needs Help Transcribing 17th-Century Spellbooks
srsly, i love this city so fucking much.
Interested in dabbling in 17th-century witchcraft in your spare time? The Newberry Library in Chicago could use your help. As Quartz reports, the independent research library is calling on citizens to translate and transcribe three books dealing with spells and witches that date back to the 1600s.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502753/chicago-library-needs-help-transcribing-17th-century-spellbooks?fbclid=IwAR1aXu2YEGvyb8bTKClacIQPtr8inCE3SHX63PT1TYbiocxfQhq54IdhDYY
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So, I can understand the value in this. 
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