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DNA Testing May Unlock Secrets of Medieval Manuscripts

North Carolina's Assistant Professor of English Timothy Stinson works to perfect techniques to reveal the DNA contained in the skins of books written in medieval Europe. Timothy Stinson is a Professor of English at North Carolina State University who has spent years trying to figure out who had written books dating back to medieval Europe. He says that "genetic testing could resolve resolve these issues by creating a baseline using DNA of parchment found in the relatively small number of manuscripts that could be dated and localized." the issues would be based on the handwriting and dialect of the people who had created the manuscripts - "techniques that have proven unreliable for a number of reasons" he says. After a while of research he says that this will "provide a wealth of data on the evolution of the book industry during the middle ages." Stinson will finally be presenting the findings of his early research in this area at the annual meeting of Bibliographical Society of America in New York City. Jan. 23, 2009