The archeological site at Tsing-Doh was discovered by a local bee-farmer on September 22, 1997. Scholars from the University of Central Albia's Department of Historical Engineering immediately opened the dig, and it has proven to be a rich source of documentary material on the earliest stages of Albian pre-history. Most of the documents recovered so far are the writings of an entity referring to itself as "the Hand"; this is presumably a ritual honorific of some kind. ("Tsing-Doh" is of course a transliteration of the Ancient Albian word for "run", something that these Norns seem to have spent lots of time doing...)
Documents currently available on the Web are:
Ritual Codex One, informally called "The First Book of Mutation" is a very early origin text, describing the first few generations of Albian life, and including extensive notes on the mutations involved in each birth. As well as providing a fascinating glimpse into early Albian culture and genetics, this document is also pretty funny.
A Commentary on Ritual Codex One, discussing various issues of Albian genetics.
Manuscript A, a less formal set of notes by "the Hand", describing an early unsuccessful attempt at planned Norn breeding, isn't nearly as funny.
Ritual Codex Two, is a continuation of Ritual Codex One; it describes the first plague in ancient Albia (which isn't really very funny at all), as well as some more births and their mutations.
As further documents from this very rich site are recovered and reconstructed, we will continue to post translations here for the use of other scholars.