The word is derived from the Koinē Greek city name, Pergamum in Anatolia, where parchment was supposedly first developed around the second … See more

The word parchment evolved (via the Latin pergamenum and the French parchemin) from the name of the city of Pergamon, which was a thriving center of parchment production during the See more

Parchment is prepared from pelt – i.e. wet, unhaired, and limed skin – by drying at ordinary temperatures under tension, most commonly on a wooden frame known as a stretching frame.
Skinning, soaking, and dehairing
After a carcass is See more

The way in which parchment was processed (from hide to parchment) has undergone a tremendous evolution based on time and location. Parchment and vellum are not the … See more

Today the term parchment is often used in non-technical contexts to refer to any animal skin, particularly goat, sheep or cow, … See more

Parchment (or vellum) continues to be use for ritual or legal reasons. Rabbinic literature traditionally maintains that the institution of … See more

To make the parchment more aesthetically pleasing or more suitable for the scribes, special treatments were used. According to Reed there were a variety of these treatments. Rubbing See more