Interesting they had UV light back then.
Interesting they had UV light back then.
They didnt. It was a common practice to scrape the top layer off vellum manuscripts and reuse them. UV light allows modern scholars to read some of what was originally written before it was scraped off.
They didnt. It was a common practice to scrape the top layer off vellum manuscripts and reuse them. UV light allows modern scholars to read some of what was originally written before it was scraped off.
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