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Very true. Acid-free paper has a expected life of over 1000 years. Think about how long paper documents like the Magna Carta, ancient illuminated bibles from th
by pm24601 14y ago
Very true. Acid-free paper has a expected life of over 1000 years. Think about how long paper documents like the Magna Carta, ancient illuminated bibles from the 700's, Shakespeare's plays have survived without special climate-controlled environments.
Also paper in bulk is hard to destroy. A stack of paper is pretty dense and can survive to some degree a house fire or flood.
- WalterBright 14y agoAren't those documents on sheepskin? not paper?
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- Wingman4l7 14y agoGood point. "Parchment" can also be made of calfskin or goatskin.
- jamesmcn 14y agoNot just parchment, but also Iron Gall Ink. Which will eat both your paper and your fountain pen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_gall_ink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_gall_ink
- Wingman4l7 14y agoDon't forget papyrus!
- Wingman4l7 14y agoOr birch bark... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_manuscript http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_manuscript