Table 1 Parchments selected for testing three non-destructive sampling methods

From: Evaluating non-destructive sampling methods of parchment for genomic sequencing

Parchment ID

Date of copying/manufacture

Text

Place copied

Source species

15-311

1472

Excerpt from I Kings, Chapter 8

Central France

Cattle (Bos taurus)

1785

1785

Indenture/release of dwelling

Devon, England

Sheep (Ovis aries)

1894

1894

Indenture/mortgage

Suffolk, England

Sheep (Ovis aries)

Modern

2012

N/A

N/A

Cattle (Bos taurus)

  1. The following parchments were selected from T. Stinson’s personal collection for sampling. The source species was determined by a previous study3.