Dan, this could not POSSIBLY have come from the Middle -- oops, Dark --
Ages.  The Church destroyed everything, even the library scrolls of
Herculaneum!  Right, Fred? ;-)

Stephanie McCutcheon, CRM
Records Manager

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Dan Jones
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Media for long term preservation of records

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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