What is Parchment?
'''Parchment''' is a thin material made from animal skin. The most common use for parchment was as a material for writing on, for the pages of a [[book]]. It is different to [[leather]] in that parchment is limed but not tanned. The better qualities of parchment are named [[vellum]]. <gallery> Image:Parchment from goatskin.jpg|Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Image:1638vellumlarge.jpg|An English [[deed]] written on fine parchment or vellum with [[seal (device)|seal]] tag dated 1638. Image:Torah and jad.jpg|A ''Sefer [[Torah]]'', the traditional form of the [[Hebrew Bible]], is a scroll of parchment. </gallery> [[Category:Writing media]] [[Category:Natural materials]]