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Heliand Fragment

This oldest document of the old-saxon language was written in the 9th century. In the 17th century, the parchment leaf was used for bookbinding. It was discovered only in 2006 among the holdings of Leipzig's St. Thomas' church, kept in Leipzig University Library since 1930.