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vellum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | writing paper |
Examples of vellum
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A friend of mine had a collection of several thousand rare vellum-bound volumes.
From the economist.com
There is also a 34-volume edition of his Complete Works, bound in white vellum.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Dimensions can be measured off drawings made on a stable medium such as vellum.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Like tearing out a blank sheet of vellum from an obscure book in a Polish library.
From the guardian.co.uk
The letter is written and painted in vellum by a College artist and scrivener.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Manuscripts were produced on vellum and other parchments, on papyrus, and on paper.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wight blew up the images and burned them into vellum with a magnifying glass.
From the sfgate.com
It is made up of 45 vellum leaves, thought to have been written in the 1270s.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Parchment and vellum are not the sole methods of preparing animal skins for writing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment
- Fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb
- Vellum (derived from the Latin word vitulinum meaning "made from calf", leading to Old French vu00E9lin, "calfskin") often refers to a parchment made from calf skin, as opposed to that from other animals. It is prepared for writing or printing on, to produce single pages, scrolls, codices or books...
- Ashlar-Vellum, a dba of Ashlar Incorporated, is a developer of Computer-aided design (CAD) and 3D modeling software for both the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms. Ashlar-Vellumu2019s interface, designed in 1988 by Dr...
- A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf; A writing paper of very high quality
- The treated skin of a calf used as a writing material. The name is also used to describe a thick creamy book paper.
- A finish of paper that is rough, bulky and has a degree of tooth.
- A thin sheet of specially prepared leather used for writing, printing, or as a binding material; considered superior in quality to parchment.
- Vellum paper is frosted and translucent. It is often layered over cards to add an extra touch of luxury.
