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Giant Books

Giant Books from XVIII century

This is one of a collection of twelve giant books made in 1715 by a priest in New Spain (as in Spanish colonial Mexico), currently being preserved by the library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Nearly a meter long (3ft), made with animal skin wood and leather caps containing scripts for religious ceremonies in convents during the colonial era, they were found by a graphic documents restorer, Tania Estrada, who tracked down the books which were donated to various libraries in Mexico in 1915. Now most of the volumes are safely accounted for in Mexico City and being preserved by specialists, but according to a 1915 inventory of books donated, there’s still one missing.

It was likely written by the Friar Miguel de Aguilar between 1700 and 1719, a period in which he lived in the capital of New Spain ( today Mexico) .

Aurora Borealis

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky (from the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess of dawn), especially in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of solar wind and magnetospheric charged particles with the high altitude atmosphere

Aurora Borealis Norway