Public Laws: Record Copies on Parchmentįactors to Consider Identification of Parchment
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Original Compilers: Walter Newman, Abigail Quandtįor a full list of the original contributors to this page, see the section below on History of This Page below. and abroad, it has therefore been adopted for use in this chapter of the Paper Conservation Catalog. Since parchment is presently the term preferred by a large number of conservators, scientists and scholars, working both in the U.S. However, the two words were often used interchangeably in the past, and even sometimes in combination with each other, without any clear distinction between animal type or method of preparation. Vellum, which derives from the Latin word vitulus and the French word veau for calf, was often used to describe a very fine quality of parchment which was preferred for painting and illumination. Parchment is typically described as a highly stressed sheet material with a stiff handle which is made from the skins of small domesticated animals such as calves, sheep and goats, that are cleaned of their hair and flesh and then dried under tension on a frame.