Biocodicology - A Deeper Dive

[Mark Knowles]

I suppose another issue is what quantity of DNA would the scribe have deposited. Some of this DNA will have degraded to such an extent that it is no longer useful. I am inclined to the view that if there are sufficient quantities of scribal DNA surviving then it would be possible to extract a sample without damaging the manuscript. However I would think the scientific techniques and know-how will have to develop further before this becomes possible.