Jon sent along this link, with the comment "How long until someone says that the page to which the book was opened is miraculous?"
Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.
The approximately 20-page book has been dated to the years 800-1000. Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan said it was the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries.
"This is really a miracle find," said Pat Wallace, director of the National Museum of Ireland, which has the book stored in refrigeration and facing years of painstaking analysis before being put on public display.
Of course, the part that Jon is referring to is this:
The book was found open to a page describing, in Latin script, Psalm 83, in which God hears complaints of other nations' attempts to wipe out the name of Israel.
Revelations-style commenting to start on certain conservative blogs in three, two, one . . .
Posted by Nicholas at July 26, 2006 10:13 AMThe news was, of course, at the top of my list this morning.But of course. That went without saying! It's rare enough that I manage to scoop the mighty Flea! Posted by: Nicholas at July 27, 2006 08:31 AM
It's rare enough that I manage to scoop the mighty Flea!Excuse me? Who scooped the Flear here? Posted by: Jon at July 27, 2006 09:31 AM
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