The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 502
we must suppose that Plinys assertion refers only to some improvementsthe King of Pergamus had made in the art of preparing a material thatcould supply the place of papyrus, which Ptolemy Epiphanius would nolonger allow to leave Egypt. The absolute deficiency of papyrus raisedinto activity the… … 414 PARCHMENT AND PAPER. the one in rolls composed of many leaves sewed together, on one side ofwhich only was there writing ; the others, square-shaped, were written uponboth sides. The grammarian Crates, ambassador of Eumenius at Rome,passed as the inventor of vellum. Ordinary parchment is the…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
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