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Parchment from goatskin
Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame

Parchment is a thin material made from animal skin. The most common use for parchment was as a material for writing on, for the pages of a book. It is different to leather in that parchment is limed but not tanned. The better qualities of parchment are named vellum.

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  • קלף, נוצה ודיו

    Parchment with a quill and ink

  • Permennter-1568

    German parchmenter, 1568

  • NLW Penrice and Margam Deeds 204 front (8634702372)

    Latin grant dated 1329, written on fine parchment or vellum, with seal

  • Sachsenspiegel

    A 1385 copy of the Sachsenspiegel, a German legal code, written on parchment with straps and clasps on the binding

  • Torah and jad

    A Sefer Torah, the traditional form of the Hebrew Bible, is a scroll of parchment.

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