The British Library - Treasures in Full


	The British Library - Treasures in Full
JohnWaterman
9-20-2007 7:17 AM
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history, manuscripts, libraries, shakespeare, chaucer, gutenberg, magna carta
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9-20-2007 8:56 AM
newmo
That's great - I didn't think my work browser would support the "Magna Carta Viewer" now I can bone up on my rights instead of working -yippee
9-21-2007 1:28 AM
skwirlinator
Is this the big internet library project that was announced awhile back? Or is this something else?
9-21-2007 7:56 AM
JohnWaterman
Something else - I think.
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