[INDOLOGY] Russian 14 cent. Birchbark MSS from Novgorod

[Dominik Wujastyk]

I am, in fact, aware that birch trees are ubiquitous in Europe and Russia.
Sites of manufacture and distribution are a different matter.  I don't
suppose scribes just went into their nearby woods and scraped off some bark
for their next Gospel project.

On 20 October 2014 14:11, Ingo Strauch <ingo.strauch at fu-berlin.de> wrote:

>  Do you think, there aren't enough birch trees in Russia?
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> Am 20.10.14 14:02, schrieb Dominik Wujastyk:
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> http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/where-mud-is-archaeological-gold-russian-history-grew-on-trees.html?referrer=
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> etched?  Doesn't seem likely, and doesn't look like it in the photo.
> Kashmir was a major source of birchbark at this period.  Could the Novgorod
> scrolls be on bark from Kashmir?
> Dominik Wujastyk, from Android phone.
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