One of the headline quotes in this article may be a forgery: “For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change in

One of the headline quotes in this article may be a forgery: “For him that stealeth, or borroweth and returneth not, this book from its owner, let it change into a serpent in his hand & rend him. Let him be struck with palsy & all his members blasted. Let him languish in pain crying aloud for mercy, & let there be no surcease to his agony till he sing in dissolution. Let bookworms gnaw his entrails in token of the Worm that dieth not, & when at last he goeth to his final punishment, let the flames of Hell consume him for ever.” I don't know anything about this topic, I just saw this after looking it up real quick: "The book curse from the San Pedro monastery is no such thing. It is an amusing hoax dating from 1909. Edmund Pearson, joker, librarian and true-crime writer, claimed it was part of a rediscovered Old Librarian's Almanack originally published in 1773. The Old Librarian dated the translation to 1712, "English'd by Sir Matthew Mahan" in a guide to his Spanish travels." https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/marx-pandora-and-the-tower-of-porn/416409.article?storyCode=416409&sectioncode=26 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/marx-pandora-a...