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horatio. ay, my lord, and of calves' skins too. [ ] lee ustick, writing in , commented that: to-day the distinction, among collectors of manuscripts, is that vellum is a highly refined form of skin, parchment a cruder form, usually thick, harsh, less highly polished than vellum, but with no distinction
frame known as a stretching frame. [ ] skinning, soaking, and dehairing[ edit ] after being flayed , the skin is soaked in water for about a day. this removes blood and grime from the skin and prepares it for a dehairing liquor. [ ] the dehairing liquor was originally made of rotted, or fermented, vegetable...
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