Solving the mystery of an unusual medieval text
July 20, 2018 by Alex Shashkevich, Stanford University
When historian Rowan Dorin first stepped onto the Stanford campus in early 2017, he made it a habit to visit Green Library every week to dig through its collection of medieval documents and objects.
After a few months, Dorin, an assistant professor of history specializing in medieval Europe, discovered something out of the ordinary.
Three leaves of ancient parchment were labeled as a Hebrew translation of text about grammar, but its margins had Latin words like fish, capers and dill.
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