On #WorldBookDay read about ERC grantee Matthew Collins' research that studies DNA from parchment 📚
The research uncovers medieval stories beyond the text itself by giving a new glimpse into historical production and trade.
Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/ERC_B2C
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1650046895920943106
This is a wonderful story 🙏 bot @ERC_Research - analysing the waste from the special conservationists' erasers to learn more about medieval manuscripts & their production:
https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/uncovering-medieval-stories-held-parchment
#Beasts2Craft #B2C 🤣
Project led by @MatthewCollins - project website https://sites.google.com/palaeome.org/ercb2c
#medieval #manuscript #DNA #parchment #conservation #NoWaste #ManuscriptConservation #BioCodicology #histodons #medievodons @medievodons @histodons