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At the National Archives in London: Nobody was watching so I caught a glimpse of this beautiful c

biblonia
Feb 07, 2011
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At the National Archives in London: Nobody was watching so I caught a glimpse of this beautiful chancery roll from the reign of king John. It takes about 10 minutes to unravel it; 800 year-old stuff, amazing! I now added my own fingerprints to it for later generations. 

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