parchment
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These are of parchment, prepared from specially treated animal skins that had to be sewn together to accommodate the lofty towers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The artifacts — yellowing parchment with slight marks of stress at the edges and an intricately detailed stone tablet — are almost luminous under dim overhead lights at the exhibit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Keyes added: "Reconstructing the hide soaking tank will shed light on the finer details of this process and the parchment samples produced can be compared directly with original manuscripts."
From BBC • Mar. 25, 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
The pages were of sheepskin, called parchment, and were covered with careful lettering and decorations.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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