Genomic analysis of three medieval parchments from German monasteries.

ABSTRACT: In the last two decades there has been growing interest in the analysis of ancient DNA obtained from the parchment used in historic documents. The genetic insight that this data provides makes collections of historic documents an invaluable source for studying the development and spread of historical livestock populations. Additionally, the biological data may provide new information for the historical analysis that could be used to determine the provenance as well as the authenticity of these documents. In this study, we extracted DNA from three medieval parchments that were written in German monasteries in the twelfth century. The source animal of the parchments could be identified as cattle and we compared their genome sequences with those of modern populations that are part of the 1000

SUBMITTER: Heinrich F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11759711 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature