In Scandinavia and Russia birch bark was formerly used for many kinds of handicrafts, so bark was commonly collected and thus easily available.
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Klaus

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On Oct 23, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote:

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@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
Do you think, there aren't enough birch trees in Russia?

Am 20.10.14 14:02, schrieb Dominik Wujastyk:


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/where-mud-is-archaeological-gold-russian-history-grew-on-trees.html?referrer=

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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