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Animal parchment from manuscripts will be used to decode DNA of domestic animals.

The focus will be on the remains of cattle, sheep and goats and Co-Investigator Professor Matthew Collins of the University of York, will be allocated €.5 million  of the total grant to implement a peptide-based high throughput species identification system.  These are the animals from which parchment is made and the work will also sample from ancient manuscripts. The placement of any such artefact into the DNA matrix will allow the assigment of a ‘genetic postcode’ telling its place of origin and thus informing patterns of exchange and trade.

Commenting on the significance of the research, Professor Bradley said: “This research gives us the opportunity to build the genetic map of farm animals stretching back to their beginnings and will not only tell us much about their biology but also the key events that have formed our continent’s human history.” 

bioarchaeology and medieval manuscripts?

o-oh, i just um…

This excites me!