vellum

The scroll, which consists of 56 pages stitched together by hand and contains about 11,600 words, is the first to be printed on paper, rather than vellum, reflecting the king’s views on animal welfare.

The cupboards in the lab-like room held vellum and dyes and more exotic sounding material such as Goldbeater's skin.

Instead the artist more often painted on the plaster of frescoes or on paper or vellum—parchment made from calfskin.

“Leather will wet rot. Collagen fibers in vellum will tighten and shrink.”

The coloured writing and decoration, written on prepared animal skin known as vellum paper, was produced using a technique called tempera.