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 (n): a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment
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about 1 year ago reesetee said:

I believe it. After all, EVERY page was vellum. You don't want to know about the process, either. Yuck.

When I used to catalogue rare books, I always found it fascinating that you could sometimes still see the scars and blemishes from the skin of the unfortunate animal(s) used to make the vellum.

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

I remember reading in college that, during the Middle Ages, it took forty sheep to make one Bible. Forty sheep! I still can't really believe that.

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