Sam Johns of #ERC@ercb2c and @ogu_bristol at #EAA2022 discusses a new way to get data on dates and damp seasons from parchment. All you need is a little elbow grease (do you mean skin grease? ed).
ALT Sam Johns of University of Bristol and the ERC Beasts to Craft project explaining how lipids from parchment can be used to analyse weather and perhaps even date the parchment.
And what a workshop is was, with brilliant colleagues and lots of parchment!
I honestly think this summit started something that will change our perceptions of the Nordic Middle Ages in the coming years.
Thank you for hosting us, @ercb2c & @DetKglBibliotek!
"I walked through an archive & noticed that every single document was made of animal skin. I thought why are we not analysing those?”
Matthew Collins' 🇪🇺#EUfunded research team created a new way to learn about medieval farm animals: using manuscripts!
👉 bit.ly/ERC_B2C