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Old 11-23-2017, 03:40 PM   #43
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What about dna extraction?
Wouldn't you expect the parchment to contain dna similar in nature given (one would think) from closely related animals?
But then again as you say, if the forgers had access to blank parchments then that's going to pass also.
Also, you could date the ink to see if it correlates with the parchment age?
DNA has been used to identify some manuscripts, but I don't know much about this.
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