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The Manuscripts, the Thief, and his Secret

| May 24, 2002

Metafilter points to this story in the Guardian about Mont Sainte-Odile an ancient convent perched atop a 2,500ft peak in eastern France, a locked library containing a priceless collection of early printed books and illuminated manuscripts, a secret passage – and a series of spectacular and inexplicable thefts.