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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 3773995, member: 14916"]Parchment/vellum is a material that is even better for binding books than leather. It is incredible strong, but it is/was quite expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at this old piece of parchment (a formal deed in Dutch dated July 7 1492). Someone cut two strips out of the material and added two wax seals to it. The seals are relative heavy, but it is incredible this deed is still intact after 525+ years.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315586[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the vellum bindings in my collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315588[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 3773995, member: 14916"]Parchment/vellum is a material that is even better for binding books than leather. It is incredible strong, but it is/was quite expensive. Look at this old piece of parchment (a formal deed in Dutch dated July 7 1492). Someone cut two strips out of the material and added two wax seals to it. The seals are relative heavy, but it is incredible this deed is still intact after 525+ years. [ATTACH=full]315586[/ATTACH] Some of the vellum bindings in my collection: [ATTACH=full]315588[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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