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🎨 Arts
August 26, 2026 at 06:20 PM
These Medieval Manuscript Fragments Were Reused as Parchment, Inadvertently Preserving Them for Centuries
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Medieval manuscript fragments, including Bible passages and plays, were discovered on Guernsey, inadvertently preserved for centuries by being reused as book bindings.
medieval manuscripts
historical discovery
cultural preservation
ancient texts
Guernsey