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Medieval candle-lighting methods

In a fantasy story with medieval-level technology I have a character who needs to light a candle in the woods with no other source of fire around.

Would flint and steel be her only option, or were there other methods? No magic allowed.
Tags: ~fires, ~middle ages, ~wilderness survival
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