Faddan More Psalter used as a liner to stiffen the cover somewhat. Low oxygen levels in the bog provide unusual preservation conditions, and bogs were often used by Irish monks as hiding places for valuables in the face of Viking raids. In addition to low oxygen levels, sphagnum moss, of which the peat bog is composed, produces an antibiotic substance called sphagnan that binds with proteins on the surface of microorganisms, immobilising them. Its highly reactive carbonyl groups can alter chemicals and nutrients that would otherwise decompose organic matter. And above all the sphagnum moss causes organic material to undergo chemical changes itself
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Miller novel "Pure", as well as the 2017 album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah, entitled "The Violent Sleep of Reason." Also the names of Finnish occult metal band Sleep of Monsters and their first album, "Produces Reason" derive from the name of the title. Occasionally the title phrase is rendered as "The dream of reason produces monsters", since the Spanish word "sueño" can mean either "sleep" or "dream". However, Goya's epigraph makes it clear that his intended interpretation is "the sleep of reason". The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters __notoc__ The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters () is an etching