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Hall Digitizes Library – Parchment Fragment Discovered

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The University and Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle has made a spectacular discovery. When digitizing a nobility library, a parchment fragment that was about 1,100 years old came to light.Anyone who digitizes old books can find something surprising. Now there was this special moment in the University and Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (Halle). It is a medieval parchment fragment from the ancient five-volume writing "De materia medica" (…

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The University and Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle has made a spectacular discovery. When digitizing a nobility library, a parchment fragment that was about 1,100 years old came to light.Anyone who digitizes old books can find something surprising. Now there was this special moment in the University and Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (Halle). It is a medieval parchment fragment from the ancient five-volume writing "De materia medica" (…

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They find 1,100-year-old parchment by digitizing Halle Library (Germany), 31 Oct (dpa) – The University Library of the German region of Saxony-Anhalt made a spectacular finding by digitizing a library of noble origin, after a fragment of parchment of about 1,100 years old came to light. It is a medieval parchment of the ancient work in five volumes “On medical matter” (“On medical matter”) by doctor Pedanio Dioscorides (approximately 40 A.D. to …

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stern.de broke the news in Germany on Friday, October 31, 2025.
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