Kid Doodles.

From a 12th century Russian schoolboy. Via Futility Closet, which -- besides Neatorama -- is just the place to be these days. I'm amazed at the stuff Greg Ross keeps turning up.


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That particular "gramota" (birchbark letter) is the one most often reproduced in Russian history textbooks. Another one that is mentioned marginally less often looks like this:
http://gramoty.ru/index.php?no=46&act=full&key=bb
...and goes, approximately, "an ignorant one wrote this, a thoughtless one said this, and you who reads this is [presumably expletive fragment torn off]". Or, in modern parlance, "IF U READ THIS UR A FAG".
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