Posted on 01/04/2018 9:31:22 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
A team of British scientists are set to make the trip to New Zealand this month, all in the hopes of unlocking the secrets hidden in a 600-year-old scroll.
The 15th-century English manuscript, known as the Canterbury Roll, is the only genealogical scroll in the whole southern hemisphere, making it an extremely unique and prized artifact.
Despite being in the care of the University of Canterbury (UC) for over a century, experts believe they are yet to uncover all of the scroll’s hidden meanings.
UC Senior Lecturer Dr. Chris Jones says it is crazy that no one really knows about its existence.
“The Canterbury Roll is the most significant and substantial medieval artifact in New Zealand. For 100 years, UC has been the guardian of this unique 600-year-old treasure, which tells the history of England from its mythical origins to the late Middle Ages,” he said.
“No-one has anything like this in New Zealand or Australia. And it’s utterly bonkers that no-one really knows we have it because it’s magnificent!”
The ancient document dates back to the Wars of the Roses, a series of English civil wars fought for control of the throne of England, which were the inspiration for George RR Martin’s “Game of Thrones.”
The battles spanned over three centuries, sparked by a conflict between two noble British families, the Lancasters and Yorks, with a number of major players in the historic war adapted into characters for the popular fantasy series.
“The Wars of the Roses are what ‘Games of Thrones’ is based on, and this is the Wars of the Roses laid out across a [16-foot], visually spectacular document,” Jones said.
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Do you mean Time team as in the British television series presented by Tony Robinson? I used to love that show. I watched every episode of every season.
“This is Jon Snow < beat> He’s King in the North”
Yup. The show was a special event, not part of the Time Team series, but I believe he was the host — was in 2004, I think, it’s on YouTube if you look.
Britain’s Real Monarch Tony Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCasz6oeL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG4Ec9nEwwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVzDf-KhXU
Thank you SC.
Quite interesting.
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