Monday 15 October 2007

The most expensive photocopy ever

Is being sold by the vatican for 4000 quid! Admittedly, it'd be pretty awesome to have a copy of the order for the knights templar to disband, but I can't help but wonder if it really is 4000 quid of awesome.

Here's the thing that bugs me though - the vatican library has loads of this stuff. Ancient manscripts, edicts from the papacy to monarches, letters from Henry VIIIs letters to Anne Boleyn while he was shagging her on the side. All of which they have no plans to release into the public domain. So they have all this stuff that they have the ability to reproduce and they either don't release it, or they release it in a limited edition at a stupidly high price.

Nice to know that the catholic church have the benefit of humanity at heart isn't it.

1 comment:

Eoin said...

Too much knowledge too fast is a "dangerous thing TM" Joe. They've your safety at heart.