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In Motion
The quill and the manuscript page were wrapped in a heavy canvas cloth pre-soaked in milk of magnesia.
The rest of the objects seem of no special significance: a small wooden wedge, the kind that would keep a door propped open, a handdipped wax candle, half burned, and a shard of marble, matching the library flooring, which must have gotten inside the box after the fire, although it is not clear to us how that could have happened.
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It is possible that the person who found the box opened it, hoping to find hidden treasure, and cast it aside in frustration, with the lid still open, upon discovering that it held nothing of value.]

