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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3360792, member: 14873"]Nice acquisition [USER=46682]@NormW[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to encounter documents like this occasionally at coin shows (but more likely in Antique shops) years ago - but not often in recent years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to modern times, Vellum (meticulously and painstakingly prepared calf or goat skin) was used to hand write (pen and ink) official documents such as deeds, wills, apprenticeship indentures, writs …………… and legal documents of all kinds, due to its wearability and survivability.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually all but especially important documents were rendered on paper using typewriters - when necessary, old Vellum documents were frequently copied this way - storage was much easier and took up far less space - and large quantities of the old Vellum documents were discarded in various ways. Many ended up as collectible Antiquities - just like yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>I retained a few myself as nice collectibles, but my own usage was (and still is on occasion) for making Palimpsests - scraping off existing writing and resurfacing the Vellum and then reusing it (Vellum is very expensive these days) for especially important calligraphic renditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>This whole fascinating subject was discussed in great detail in the following Coin Talk thread:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-fyi-roman-document-writing.301166/#post-2821967" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-fyi-roman-document-writing.301166/#post-2821967">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-fyi-roman-document-writing.301166/#post-2821967</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit - that link is to just one post - you will have to scroll the posts to find specific Vellum references.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3360792, member: 14873"]Nice acquisition [USER=46682]@NormW[/USER]. I used to encounter documents like this occasionally at coin shows (but more likely in Antique shops) years ago - but not often in recent years. Prior to modern times, Vellum (meticulously and painstakingly prepared calf or goat skin) was used to hand write (pen and ink) official documents such as deeds, wills, apprenticeship indentures, writs …………… and legal documents of all kinds, due to its wearability and survivability. Eventually all but especially important documents were rendered on paper using typewriters - when necessary, old Vellum documents were frequently copied this way - storage was much easier and took up far less space - and large quantities of the old Vellum documents were discarded in various ways. Many ended up as collectible Antiquities - just like yours. I retained a few myself as nice collectibles, but my own usage was (and still is on occasion) for making Palimpsests - scraping off existing writing and resurfacing the Vellum and then reusing it (Vellum is very expensive these days) for especially important calligraphic renditions. This whole fascinating subject was discussed in great detail in the following Coin Talk thread: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-fyi-roman-document-writing.301166/#post-2821967[/url] Edit - that link is to just one post - you will have to scroll the posts to find specific Vellum references.[/QUOTE]
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