Kodama Maria Bungaku Shuusei - Vol. 1 Ch. 6 - The Story You've Been Waiting For

@liquisword tbf, at least as far as the printing press stuff goes, there is at least a kernel of truth there. Gutenberg Bible was used for testing of various ink mixtures when the printing press was first being invented, and because it was 15th century Europe, the Bible was one of the most printed books for the longest time while the printing press spread

Can't speak for the other stuff though, no idea if that's true
 
No, it's pretty well documented that until the late Middle-Ages people used to mumble while reading or just plain read out loud so that illiterate people could understand. The practice of silent reading is pretty much exclusively a Modern one, and especially only after the space between words was invented around the 13th century. It so happens that when you write without any spaces it's really hard to decipher a sentence without kinda reading it out loud, like this: itsprettydifficulttomakeoutwhichwordiswhichwithoutspacesjustataglancesokindamumblingthesyllabeshelpsalot.
 
@leusee
nombre is name isn't it?
In Spanish and many other languages, yes, "nombre = name", but in the context of her talk about the Bible, "nombre = number".

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