Parchment

Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. Cooking parchment paper (see below) is used in baking.

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According to the Roman historian Varro, Pliny's Natural History records (xiii.21), it was invented under the patronage of Eumenes of Pergamum, whether Eumenes I (ruled 263–241 BCE) or Eumenes II (ruled 197–160), as a substitute for papyrus, which was temporarily not being exported from Alexandria, its only source.

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Book: :This page is about bound sheets of paper. For the graph theory concept, see Book (graph theory). For the musical theater meaning, see Book (musical theater)....

Codex: A codex (Latin for book; plural codices) is a handwritten book from late Antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. Although the Romans used the codex and similar precursors made of wood for taking notes and other informal writings, the first recorded use of the codex for literary works dates from the la...

Calf: For the anatomical feature, see calf muscle....

Parchment related Images and Photos (experimental)

Parchment Trees I	Parchment Trees I	Slightness of Parchment	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart circa 1780 (Miniature) (Gouache Tempera Parchment)
Fragment of the Koran 9th Century Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) (Parchment)

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►	Further reading

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