parchment
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But a new project will explore the possibility it was created at a monastery in Portmahomack where there was a workshop turning animal hides into vellum - a fine parchment used for writing on.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It was everywhere online: a glistening democracy of vegetables and protein, dutifully spaced on parchment, slid into a hot oven, retrieved as a complete life solution.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
"If implemented at scale, it could represent a milestone in the history of knowledge storage, akin to oracle bones, medieval parchment or the modern hard drive," they said.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Now there is the sense he doesn’t really care, that the old parchment may not be equal to the demands of the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
I walk out into the courtyard, and when my eyes adjust to the darkness, I hide the parchment deep in one of the crevices in the wall surrounding our house.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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