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It sort of reminds me of a story I heard from a mate who'd visited Ethiopia. He'd gone to see the churches at Lalibella. The local bishop happened to be around, and was keen to show the tourists the stunning, hand-illuminated, thousand-year-old vellum Bibles.

My friend and his companions were awed, and expressed a disappointment that photographs would not come out well in the low light. The bishop was puzzled: didn't they have flash-guns?

When the tourists said that that probably wasn't a good idea, the bishop offered to take the books outside to take advantage of the sun instead.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2016, 11:10, , Reply)