Great topic!

I keep a leaf from a disbound volume of the "Commentaries on the Laws of 
Rome" penned by Bartolus de Saxoferrato (a prominent Italian law professor 
and jurist of the Middle Ages, and contemporary of Larry de Danville) that 
was published in 1538  -  that I use (along with other examples of  - and 
new media) to illustrate the varying levels of longevity for different 
information-bearing media.

This printed page (on vellum?), printed 470 years ago is in great 
condition - the storage media has survived and is legible.  The hardware 
to view it is still around - light and my eye glasses.  The only problem 
is that darn software - its in a language I can't comprehend - my guess is 
Latin... but that problem could possibly be overcome by having it 
translated.... assuming that Latin V.7.0 (or whatever) that is available 
today is backwards compatible with Latin V1.0 used by good old 
Bartolus.... 

Regards,

Dan Jones
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