bsmall2> ... the university, 800 years ago, grew strong on the tree of the artes, as a new branch. I will insist that this innovation was tethered to a technical breakthrough that is generally overlooked by both historians of culture and those of technology. The historically important technique is that of creating texts that can be read at a glance.
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