Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two … See more

The word is derived from the Koinē Greek city name, Pergamum in Anatolia, where parchment was supposedly first developed around the second century BCE, probably as a substitute for 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. See more

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