Flamel was a wizard

[nuriaobradors]

No: HPFGUIDX 38459

Joanne wrote:
> Actually all we know is that he was 665 when that book was 
written.  Since we 
> don't know when the book was written, we only know that he's *at 
least* 665.  
> He could be far older, since the book could be very old.  

The real Nicolas Flamel was born in 1330. So by the time PS takes 
place, he should actually be 661. OTOH, his wife couldn't be 658 
since teh real Perenelle was older than her husband. 
Here's a couple of links:
http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/silent-57.html
http://www.alchemylab.com/flamel.htm

Then she read my thoughts by saying:
> Or, since this is the wizarding world, perhaps the book magically 
updates 
> everyone's age automatically.  Why else would a book publish ages 
(which become 
> obsolete almost immediately) rather than birth years?

I thought exactly the same thing! and IIRC, I think this is not the 
only time we've seen reference to ages or "last years" in quotes from 
books in the Potterverse. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

Nuri, who got to grab the computer for another 15 glorious minutes!