Saturday, March 08, 2014

See it while you can …

… A Treasure Born of Faith. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The scribe, possibly the monk Folchard, wrote and likely also illuminated the manuscript on vellum, which attracts and repels moisture, depending on its environment. In effect, the treated leaves are trying to climb back onto the animals from which they were removed more than 1,100 years ago.

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