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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Apr 18, 2011
The first printed word?
Illuminated script? A la Bede.
MMF
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bobstafford Posted Apr 18, 2011
this first might be handy on occasions with the printed or writen word
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shagbark Posted Apr 18, 2011
recap:At 10 to 1
this British first made its debut
(according to us but the Chinese may have got there first, as usual) seen.
What was it
Who made the first one
And how did it expand things
year 1250 AD
Not the printed word but the end user perhaps
a first almanac, Or map, would be looking at this from the wrong angle
Not that there were many that could read in 1250
apart from the officers of the Church and the officers of the State.
Now it is but then it was ..... issued by ..........
same profession as Bede or Leonardo
could be useful with books but not only books
Issued by the crown?
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Geggs Posted Apr 18, 2011
expand things...looking...useful with books...
Yep, I think it must be spectacles, or a looking glass, or something to make reading easier....
Geggs
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shagbark Posted Apr 18, 2011
does sound kind of like a lense. Maybe some Abbott was making them in his spare time.
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bobstafford Posted Apr 18, 2011
well I think Geggs has it a magnifying glass +3
Now comes the who
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bobstafford Posted Apr 18, 2011
Maybe some Abbott was making them in his spare time.
thats worth a +1 Shagberk
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Geggs Posted Apr 18, 2011
And someone who has enough milling equipment about to make convex glass lenses...
Geggs
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shagbark Posted Apr 18, 2011
So as I understand it a church official made the first magnifying glass in 1250 AD
are we supposed to name him?
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bobstafford Posted Apr 18, 2011
1225-1274 is not to early but being a monk from Italy sort of disqualifies him from creating a British first
Close to a 
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shagbark Posted Apr 18, 2011
I was thinking of an Irish Saint just now but then decided that is to obvious. I am not risking 5 points on it.
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Geggs Posted Apr 19, 2011
So, would that klaxon be another Thomas whose surname also begins with A? I believe I know who you mean. I therefore will go no further with this post.
Geggs
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