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Parchment

Animal skin processed for writing or painting on

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  • A parchment-maker smoothing an animal hide on a stretcher. Woodcut by J. Amman..

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4 works

    • Books

    Microanalysis of parchment / edited by René Larsen.

    Larsen, René. | Date: 2002
    • Books

    The nature and making of parchment / by Ronald Reed.

    Reed, Ronald. | Date: 1975
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    A parchment-maker smoothing an animal hide on a stretcher. Woodcut by J. Amman..

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34975i
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    Parchment : the physical and chemical characteristics of parchment and the materials used in its conservation / by Betty M. Haines.

    Haines, Betty M. | Date: [1999], ©1999

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