The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 484
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 roUs composed of many leaves sen^ed together, on one side ofwhich only was there writing ; the otliers, square-shaped, were written uponboth. sides. The gTammarian Crates, ambassador of Eumenius at Rome,passed as tbe inventor of vellum. Ordinary parcbment is the…
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