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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 8, February 21, 2021, Article 37

LOOSE CHANGE: FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Here are some additional items in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor

Harriet Tubman Note History

An article by Daniel Baumbach in the February 18, 2021 CoinsWeekly examines the history of the plans to place Harriet Tubman on a U.S. banknote. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
A Former Slave Instead of a Slave Owner? - News in the Case of the 20 Dollar Banknote (https://coinsweekly.com/a-former-slave-instead-of-a-slave-owner-news-in-the-case-of-the-20-dollar-banknote/)

See also:
https://tubman20.com/

Horrifying Medieval Book Curses

Scott Miller passed along this great 2016 Atlas Obscura article about horrifying medieval book curses. Worth another look. -Editor

"These curses were the only things that protected the books," says Marc Drogin, author of Anathema! Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses. "Luckily, it was in a time where people believed in them. If you ripped out a page, you were going to die in agony. You didn't want to take the chance."

"If anyone take away this book, let him die the death;
let him be fried in a pan; let the falling sickness and
fever size him; let him be broken on the wheel, and
hanged. Amen."

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE HISTORY OF BOOK CURSES (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n46a46.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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