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Thomas Aquinas' handwriting.

I was told by my medieval Latin and paleography professor at Notre Dame that only a handful of nerds can get through it. (He didn't say nerds.)

It's heavily abbreviated (as nearly all texts were in his day), so you have to know Latin, know the many… pic.twitter.com/PweXCgiyCk

— Ryan Reeves (@RyanMReeves) August 17, 2026