Vellum - Revision history

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2007-09-09T18:58:38Z

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	* [[Manuscript]]s		* [[Manuscript]]s

			== External Links ==
			* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1255 Atlantian A&S Links: Vellum]

	[[category:materials (medieval)]]		[[category:materials (medieval)]]

2006-05-27T02:35:21Z

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	'''Vellum''' is a material made from the skin of [[cow\|calves]] that was used in [[period]] as a writing material. It is the fact that calf skin is used that differentiates it from [[parchment]]. It gets its name from the [[Latin]] word ''vitulus'', meaning calf.		'''Vellum''' is a material made from the skin of [[cow\|calves]] that was used in [[period]] as a writing material. It is the fact that calf skin is used that differentiates it from [[parchment]]. It gets its name from the [[Latin]] word ''vitulus'', meaning calf.

	In order to create vellum the calf skin is cleaned and stretched out on a frame. The skin is alternately wetted, scraped with a ~~nkife~~ and then dried until the skin is of the desired thickness. Occasionally [[pumice]] and then [[chalk]] would be rubbed into the vellum to finish it.		In order to create vellum the calf skin is cleaned and stretched out on a frame. The skin is alternately wetted, scraped with a knife and then dried until the skin is of the desired thickness. Occasionally [[pumice]] and then [[chalk]] would be rubbed into the vellum to finish it.

	== Internal Links==		== Internal Links==

2006-05-27T02:34:51Z

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	In order to create vellum the calf skin is cleaned and stretched out on a frame. The skin is alternately wetted, scraped with a nkife and then dried until the skin is of the desired thickness. Occasionally [[pumice]] and then [[chalk]] would be rubbed into the vellum to finish it.		In order to create vellum the calf skin is cleaned and stretched out on a frame. The skin is alternately wetted, scraped with a nkife and then dried until the skin is of the desired thickness. Occasionally [[pumice]] and then [[chalk]] would be rubbed into the vellum to finish it.

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Internal Links==
			''See also:''
	* [[Manuscript]]s		* [[Manuscript]]s
			[[category:materials (medieval)]]

2004-11-11T03:16:44Z

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	'''Vellum''' is a material made from the skin of [[cow\|calves]] that was used in [[period]] as a writing material.		'''Vellum''' is a material made from the skin of [[cow\|calves]] that was used in [[period]] as a writing material. It is the fact that calf skin is used that differentiates it from [[parchment]]. It gets its name from the [[Latin]] word ''vitulus'', meaning calf.

			In order to create vellum the calf skin is cleaned and stretched out on a frame. The skin is alternately wetted, scraped with a nkife and then dried until the skin is of the desired thickness. Occasionally [[pumice]] and then [[chalk]] would be rubbed into the vellum to finish it.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

2003-11-17T08:28:22Z

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'''Vellum''' is a material made from the skin of [[cow|calves]] that was used in [[period]] as a writing material.

== See also ==
* [[Manuscript]]s