I think 2900 BC trumps 1500 AD... Now where did I put that cartoon of the monk inscribing sacred documents on a DVD with a quill? Ah: <http://www.stmfu.ca/announcing/ourspring09newsletter/cdrom- cartoon.jpg> <L> On Aug 26, 2011, at 6:29 AM, Robert Richard wrote: Birch Bark manuscripts, Novgorod (Russia), dating back to the 15th: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_document Robert. >>> Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> 2011-08-25 20:19 >>> http://www.ancientscripts.com/sumerian.html