Lost Notebook Found in Medieval Toilet - Archaeology Magazine

Lost Notebook Found in Medieval Toilet - Archaeology Magazine

Wax tablet notebook PADERBORN, GERMANY—La Brújula Verde reports that a German archaeological team under the supervision of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) recovered an exceptionally well-preserved notebook from a medieval toilet in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The discovery was made during construction of a new administrative headquarters in the city of Paderborn. The four- by three-inch book contains 10 wooden table…

800-year-old medieval notebook found in German latrine still contains readable Latin writing | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Archaeologists working in the center of Paderborn have uncovered a rare medieval notebook that spent nearly 800 years buried inside a latrine. The small object, found during excavations for a new city administration building, survived in unusually good condition because of the damp, airtight soil below the city streets. The notebook dates to the 13th […]