# #Book

> Blog posts tagged #Book

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- Russian version: https://shorin.me/tags/Book/index.md

### [The Knowledge Seller](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2025/09/prodavets-znaniy/index.md)

- Published: 2025-09-01

I received a signed copy of Prodavets znaniy (The Knowledge Seller) from Oleg Utkin, a colleague and project partner. Knowledge grows more valuable when shared!

### [We Learnt from the Best!](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/10/stranitsy-istorii/index.md)

- Published: 2024-10-14

At the Yandex Museum, my wife and I found Volkov Commander, floppy disks, old computers – and books by our professors at MSU’s Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics.

### [The Ostromir Gospel](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/07/ostromirovo-evangelie/index.md)

- Published: 2024-07-31

The Ostromir Gospel is the oldest surviving precisely dated East Slavic manuscript (1056–1057), created for St Sophia's Cathedral in Novgorod and preserved intact.

### [Notes in the Margins](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/07/biblioteka-voltera/index.md)

- Published: 2024-07-10

The story of Voltaire’s Library at the National Library of Russia: marginalia, aphorisms, letters to Catherine II and a remarkable mystical tale.

### [The Gutenberg Bible](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/07/gutenberg-bible/index.md)

- Published: 2024-07-01

The story of the Gutenberg Bible – the first printed book, which transformed the world of knowledge. From the printing press to the rare copies, two of which I have seen myself.

### [Author Inscriptions](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/06/avtorskie-nadpisi/index.md)

- Published: 2024-06-28

Dedications can turn ordinary copies into rarities. My collection includes dozens of signed books – among them one that went to space and an LNS RAS anniversary edition.

### [Watermarks](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/06/watermark/index.md)

- Published: 2024-06-26

Continuing my series on digitising ancient manuscripts. Today: watermarks, how they reveal where paper came from, and why beta radiography is the best way to detect them.

### [The Prayer Book of Mary, Queen of Scots](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/06/chasovnik/index.md)

- Published: 2024-06-17

Mary, Queen of Scots’ prayer book went from childhood gift to witness to her execution. Marked by the queen’s fate, it is now held by the National Library of Russia.

### [The Laurentian Codex](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/06/lavr-letopis/index.md)

- Published: 2024-06-05

The story of the Laurentian Codex, the oldest surviving dated Russian chronicle. In 2012, I oversaw its digitisation, translation and transliteration.

### [Books in space](https://shorin.me/en/blog/2024/04/baikonur/index.md)

- Published: 2024-04-03

A unique project with Roscosmos: sending a book to the ISS, a launch from Baikonur, autographs from cosmonauts, and rare merchandise items.