vellum
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On the Continent the armies of Gustavus Adolphus were ravaging the cities of Germany; and Laud's agents were always at hand to rescue the fair books and vellums from the Swedish pikemen.
From The Great Book-Collectors by Elton, Charles Isaac
So far as existing Icelandic vellums know, there was no voyage to Vinland after 1121.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John
The shelves hold parchments, vellums, velvet-bound books, illuminated manuscripts, scores.
From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander
Worst of all was the abominable ingratitude that sold the illuminated vellums to ignorant painters, or to goldsmiths who only wanted these 'sacred vessels' as receptacles for their sheets of gold-leaf.
From The Great Book-Collectors by Elton, Charles Isaac
As in the bass drum, these and the vellums are tightened or slackened by means of cords and leather braces, or by a system of rods and screws.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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