VMs: RE: historic vellum indentures

["mmand" <mmand@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

(sorry for the previous incomplete post)

>   I ran into this interesting page on historic vellum
> indentures:
>   http://www.historicpages.com/texts/velhist.htm
>
>   Especially interesting are variant forms of letters and
> numbers from the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

Of interest also is the section "On Vellum and Ink":

"The quality of parchment (vellum) varies much. That upon
which early deeds - generally, before 1300 - are written, is
in small pieces, woolly in texture and of a dark brown
shade. By the sixteenth century the sheets are larger,
smoother and yellow, becoming whiter in color and more even
as its preparation was better understood and practiced."

>   - Pam

Regards,
Marcio.
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