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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 3398307, member: 14916&quot;]A few years ago I bought this incredible well-crafted page of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bible" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Bible" rel="nofollow">Paris Bible</a> from around 1250 AD. What is so special about this page is the size. It measures only 8x13 cm (3.1x5.1 inches).</p><p><br /></p><p>This small manuscript is written on so called uterine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum" rel="nofollow">vellum </a>and it is thinner than modern paper (I wish you could feel how thin this is!). Uterine vellum is made from skin of newborn/unborn calfs. It is almost unbelievable how small the letters are from an age without glasses or microscopes.. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t found out yet what part of the Bible it is... It is quite hard to read.</p><p><br /></p><p>These books were produced by the thousands in the 13th century, so pages like this are not particular rare or valuable. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]301839[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]301840[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]301841[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]301844[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]301845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Information about uterine vellum from the 13th century:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679014/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679014/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679014/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/23/scientists-get-under-skin-13th-century-mystery-vellum-vulgate-bible" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/23/scientists-get-under-skin-13th-century-mystery-vellum-vulgate-bible" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/23/scientists-get-under-skin-13th-century-mystery-vellum-vulgate-bible</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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