parchment
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Older versions of the story exist on clay tablets, but the water-damaged sections of parchment kept at the Manchester library are the most ancient version of the epic in "book" form.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The text formed part of what is known as a codex, where parchment sheets were folded to create pages and marked out to create book numbers to help readers navigate.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Heat the oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
You have to believe in what is under the lid, behind the frost, wrapped in parchment, waiting to become itself again.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Carefully, she unfolded the parchment paper to reveal my hat.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
The National Archives rotunda where they sit is dim and chilly, for conservation reasons, and visitors shuffling past the displays can see why — the parchments are faded and hardly legible.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
The Vatican used to outsource the parchments to craftsmen around town, but earlier this year cancelled the work to keep all proceeds in-house.
From US News ● Dec. 14, 2015
Walls are clad in paper parchments, mica and painted bamboo; while chairs are wrapped in woven and plush knitted fabrics.
From Forbes ● Feb. 8, 2015
José Arcadio Segundo had managed, furthermore, to classify the cryptic letters of the parchments.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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