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Re: [BKARTS] 8 Century Psalter found in a bog in Ireland
Traditionaly, vellum is considered to be made from calfskin and
parchment from sheep. However, it is my understanding that, due to
the difficulty of determining the animal from which it was made,
paleographers currently use the term "membrane."
If I''m mistaken, I hope Paul will correct me!
Sally
On Jan 6, 2007, at 4:08 AM, f.wolper wrote:
Hi Myrna,
Neither parchment nor vellum are tanned. It is just dehumidified
and scraped skin. The difference between parchment and vellum
usually is the thickness and the surface. There are some very rare
manuscripts, written on a vellum made of stillborn animals, which
is even softer and thinner than the normal vellum, but it is still
made without tanning process.
In the National Museum of Cairo you can find a scroll of tanned
"parchment", it is a mixture of leather and parchment, but it dates
from about 2000 B.C.
Florian.
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