The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 487
or by boiling them in water or soaking in lime. There is no doubtbut the scarceness and the dearness of parchment was the cause of the lossof very many excellent works. Muratori cites, for example, a manuscript ofthe Ambrosian Library, of which the writing, dating from eight or ninecenturies back,… … Fig. 329.—View of the Ancient Abbey of St. Denis and its Dcpendenu centiiries, throughout Grermany, that the Emperors put a stop to thisdangerous abuse by issuing an order to the notariés to use nothing butparchment quite new. Grenerally, the quality of parchment serves to détermine the date ofits…
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