A long hallway filled with rolls and rolls of vellum, to the ceiling and the floor in all directions. It's the Parliamentary Archives at Victoria Tower, Palace of Westminster, and taken from the Wikipedia page called "Act of Parliament (UK)"

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1. Lisp Witch (alexandria@cybre.space)'s status on Thursday, 24-Mar-2022 09:24:32 UTC Lisp Witch

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   Perhaps the best known "longterm" recording medium today is Archival Vellum -- that is, animal skin, prepared in a way that removes acids from it. The best archival vellum parchment can last 1000 years at *least*, assuming it's kept dry and free from moisture.

   This is actually one of the reasons why, since the 1800s articles of British Law have been printed on Archival Vellum and stored in a vault somewhere.

   The Magna Carta, signed 800 years ago, is still readable. The book you just bought off Amazon won't be in about 50 years.

   (cont)