The value in a piece of writing has always been first and foremost in it's words. Randomly hand scribbled lines are not really worth more than the parchment the

The value in a piece of writing has always been first and foremost in it's words. Randomly hand scribbled lines are not really worth more than the parchment they're drawn on. Handwriting of actual words does give a boost either in rarity(codexes were just not that common) or the personal touch(a hand written letter specifically for you).