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Are there any "text caches" that we still are not sure what's inside? (en.wikipedia.org)
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In 1345 he personally discovered a collection of Cicero's letters not previously known to have existed, the collection Epistulae ad Atticum, in the Chapter Library (Biblioteca Capitolare) of Verona Cathedral

So basically a guy goes into a library, rummages for a while, and finds ~1400 years old text no one knew was there

Do we still have places that store texts (like libraries, but doesn't have to strictly be a library) where we don't have everything catalogued and we don't know what might be inside?

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

No :D

But then my question is, do we feel there are a lot of such collections? Or rather not?

To rephrase a little bit:
"Are there places where someone could pull off another Petrarch today?"

  • yes
  • no
  • a few
  • a lot
  • only in Africa (see the answer in AskHistorians)
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    only in Africa (see the answer in AskHistorians)

    While my answer was related to Africa, as that's where I'm most familiar with a paucity of study and an excess of material, I'd bet even money that there are plenty of other non-European (and outside of the Americas) collections that have yet to be fully catalogued, especially in the Islamic World and India. I just couldn't swear to it or name any regions in particular to look into.

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