Well, in the 17th century, the keeper of the Book of Durrow used to drop the
book into a cattle trough when people's cows were ill. Apparently it worked
too, and there's something in the inks that can replace essential trace
elements ..
Got to rush to a class, but the references are in the facsimile volume,
produced in I think 1960.
Best
Pippin
Pippin Michelli, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Art History, St Olaf College
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/michelli/index4.html
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