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"Is not parchment made of sheepskins? Ay, my lord, and of calfskins too...
Hamlet (Act V, Scene I), William Shakespeare
Parchment and vellum
Parchment is an animal pelt, most often sheep, calf, or goatskin, which has been unhaired by liming or enzymatic action and then stretched on a frame while wet. This stretching and drying under tension causes the collagen fibres in the dermal layer to be realigned resulting in a thin, opaque membrane. Most commonly used as a writing substrate, parchment is also used as a covering for bookbindings and to make drumheads, among other things
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