Re: VMs: Folio and Quire numbers

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

At 22:42 01/04/2004 +0100, Jeff Haley wrote:
> Some questions. Would it only have been the church or government types 
> that used the wax tablets? Have you tried to see if any collectors buy 
> such things at auction if they still exist anywhere? Do you have any idea 
> of which individuals used this method?

Many museums have wax tablets (though rarely on show) - most of the time it 
seems as though I'm the only person who thinks that late-medieval / 
early-modern wax tablets are of any interest. AFAICT there are few (or 
less) catalogues of late medieval / early modern wax tablet holdings, with 
almost all the interest focused specifically on Roman ones.

Despite that, wax tablets were in active use for over a millennium, in all 
walks of life - but especially in schools, universities, courts, etc.

BTW, I also don't think there is a single private wax tablet collector out 
there, though I'd be delighted to be proved wrong! :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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