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noun. A fine parchment made from calfskin, lambskin, or kidskin and used for the pages and binding of books.

noun. A work written or printed on this parchment.

noun. A heavy off-white fine-quality paper resembling this parchment.

noun. The skin of calves prepared for writing, printing, or painting by long exposure in a bath of lime and by repeated rubbings with a burnisher; also, the skin of goats or kids similarly prepared.

noun. A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.

noun. a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth.

noun. A type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat, or calf.

noun. A writing paper of very high quality.

noun. fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb

noun. a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment

"Among the highlights will be a striking leaf with gold script on blue vellum from the celebrated "Blue Qur'an" produced in North Africa or the Near East in the ninth-10th century (estimate: £ 200,000 - £ 300,000)."

abortive  parchment  vellum paper  vellum point  vellum post  

lambskin  parchment  sheepskin  writing paper  

birchbark  black-letter  char  closely-written  crêpe