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The mysterious doodles hidden in a 1,300-year-old book


Around 1,300 years ago, a woman leant over a precious book, and etched some letters into the margin, along with some cartoonish drawings. She didn’t use ink – she scratched them in, so they were almost invisible to the naked eye. Until last year, no-one knew they were there. The 8th-Century book – a …

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