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There's probably more records remaining than we realize because of the rampant recycling of old parchment.
by astrodust 7y ago
There's probably more records remaining than we realize because of the rampant recycling of old parchment.
- FabHK 7y agoPalimpsests are well understood and mostly accounted for, I'd have thought? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimpsest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palimpsest
- astrodust 7y agoI'm not sure you can fully account for them, that would involve a staggering amount of specialized scanning.
- ganzuul 7y agoOr they started using papyrus, which does not age well. AFAIK the 'Dark Ages' refer to our lack of records only, and the rest is misunderstanding.
- astrodust 7y agoWhat was the prominent writing material in that age? Parchment has been around since basically forever since, like vellum, it's just animal hide.