Timeline for Safely preserving a manuscript for 700 years

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Dec 15, 2020 at 18:15	comment	added	JS Lavertu		@user4574 Look up images of worn stone stairs, you'll see what I mean. Unless you have incredibly thick tiles, they'll get worn through eventually.
Dec 15, 2020 at 18:07	comment	added	user4574		@JSLavertu I was proposing to hide the text on the underside of the tiles, opposite of where foot traffic could wear them down. You would have to pry up the tile to read it later. Even that still fails though if they completely replace the tile. The solution to that is to use an area of the building that has little foot traffic (obviously not a main gathering place).
Dec 15, 2020 at 17:35	comment	added	JS Lavertu		After 700 years of believers walking on them, the tiles will definitively get worn out. Probably enough to damage the text or be replaced entirely. Even solid stone stairs get carved out given enough time and people.
Dec 15, 2020 at 9:28	comment	added	Ruadhan		I like this idea, though a requirement is that it's the original manuscript, not the information contained within (otherwise one could send someone with an eidetic memory to memorise the whole work and transcribe it once they get back) so as a variation on this, bury a lockbox containing the manuscript under the tiles and pry it up in the future. Location is good, details are the only issue.
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