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Aselleus t1_iypqxuo wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Woman’s name and tiny sketches found in 1,300-year-old medieval text | Old English name, Eadburg, repeatedly scored into manuscript had remained hidden for more than 12 centuries by ArtOak

...I mean rich educated children existed back then.

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Allidoischill420 t1_iypxrrp wrote

And they were likely taught to write more than their name........

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Cethinn t1_iyq24oo wrote

But they still do need to learn their name at some point. It's almost like we are seeing a tiny fragment of what someone did in their life and shouldn't expect to see all of their education just because they also learned other things, if this is what happened.

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