Usefulness of sheep

From: Viktor Haag <vhaag_at_...>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 09:42:40 -0400


ALISON PLACE writes:
> The Lindisfarne Gospels uses the hides of 130 sheep. That's
> an expensive book! (Figuring the Lunars are using papyrus -
> hey, how much can a bunch of reeds cost, anyway?)

Well, the marsh elves might have something to say about that. Heortlings wisely avoid the whole issue by spurning writing as a tool of chaos. 8)

-- 
Viktor

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