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Other ideas:
***Illuminations. (Many bibles/chronicles/histories were heavily illustrated.)
***Bibles. (Exp. Maciejowski Bible.)
***Chronicles. (Exp. Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle.)
***History of a kingdom--Often claiming that the rulers were descended from biblical figures. (Exp. The History of the Kings of Britain.)
***Religious/philosophical essays (Exp. works of Thomas Aquinas.)
***Greek and Roman texts copied by (sometimes illiterate) monks. (Exp. works of Archimedes, Aristotle, Plato, etc...)
***Treaties or legal agreements. (Exp. Magna Carta.)
***Notes about anything and everything involved in day to day life. (Exp. Notes on birch bark from Novgorod.)
***Myths and legends (often originally told orally.) (Exp. Beowulf, medieval poetry that inspired the Ring Cycle, tall tales like Baba Yaga...)
Not all of these would motivate someone to forge them, but hopefully that inspires a few ideas.