This is vellum
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Isn't parchment the general term?
If it’s plant based yes, just like vellum for skin based
If it’s plant based yes, just like vellum for skin based
... parchment is most certainly in reference to hide based writing materials.
Interesting, that article suggests that the hide would not be tanned, so panel 2 would not be accurate.
Stretching and drying isn't tanning though right? Tanning would involve sitting the skins in a tanning solution I believe
Exactly.
Oh yup, i see the word tanning now lol
Looks like vellum is either calfskin, or just of higher quality. I think I've heard vellum used to describe high quality copy paper. Either way, fun things to learn!