Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Medieval Scriptorium

I'm currently working on a novel that takes place in 10th century Germany and Italy. In those days, writing and illuminating was done on processed sheep skins called vellum.

In my research I came across this video that demonstrates how a sheet of vellum was made. It's in Italian, however, even if you can't understand the language, the demonstration is pretty thorough and easy to understand.


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