AKU-2023-033

Scriptorium Digitalis, Vienna

The Terms of Service (Illuminated Manuscript)

2022

Vellum, gold leaf, tempera, iron gall ink

45 × 32 cm, bound (284 pages)

Acquisition

Purchased, 2023

Curator’s Note

The manuscript reproduces the complete text of Meta's Terms of Service as of January 4, 2022, in a Caroline minuscule hand on prepared calf vellum. The 31,287-word document fills 284 leaves. Chapter initials are illuminated with algorithmic pattern grounds; marginal illustrations in the tradition of the Luttrell Psalter depict scenes from documented data privacy proceedings. The text is complete and legally current as of the transcription date, though Meta's Terms have since been amended three times.