Biocodicology - A Deeper Dive

[Doireannjane]

It's a great idea, but...

I had lunch with the Beinecke curator a few days ago, and I'm sorry to report that such testing is exceedingly unlikely to happen any time soon, for all sorts of reasons, the main one being that the odds of finding something actionable are quite low compared to the cost and risk (yes, I know, but any kind of testing carries risks that must be assessed in comparison to the possibility of useful findings).

And what about further sequencing as it pertains to the boar (or hagfish) involved with the vellum and/or the tree/plant sequencing from the ink and pigments involved and their respective region? Are these studies furthering? If a location is identified, is Yale required to give the manuscript back to its home country? Just curious of a few very important elements here.