Parchment
A translucent or opaque material made from calf, sheep, or goat skin processed to produce a thin, strong material for writing or bookbinding.
Parchment
A translucent or opaque material made from calf, sheep, or goat skin processed to produce a thin, strong material for writing or bookbinding.
Basics to get you started
Skins and scraps
Making Manuscripts: The Page
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
The Torah and its adornment
Clasps: hugging a medieval book
The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction
Decorating the book
A global Middle Ages through the pages of decorated books
The alchemy of color and chemical change in medieval manuscripts
Illuminated Greek Gospel-books
Illuminating the Psalms in Byzantium
Illumination of Jewish biblical texts
Illumination of the Qur’an
Manuscript production in the abbeys of Normandy
Adorning the Qur’an
Book illumination in the Eastern Mediterranean
Listening to the medieval book
Making books for profit in medieval times
Manuscripts: major works of art
Medieval notepads
Medieval supermodels
The work of the scribe
The Cairo Geniza: medieval preservation and reuse
