Vellum definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary VEL'LUM, n. [L. vello ... adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, resembling, or bound in vellum 2. slightly rough < paper with a vellum finish > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a fine parchment orig ... a manuscript written on this. 2 smooth writing-paper imitating vellum. Etymology: ME f. OF velin (as VEAL) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Vellum Vel"lum, n. [OE. velim, F. v['e]lin, fr ... white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books. Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very ...
Vellum cloth definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Vellum Vel"lum, n. [OE. velim, F. v['e]lin, fr ... white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books. Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent ...
... Gold and Silver 6. Wood 7. Bones and Skins 8. Vellum 9. Papyrus 10. Paper 11. Ink VI. FORMS 1. The ... as early as the New Testament times. Systematic erasure when vellum was scarce produced the palimpsest. V. Materials. The materials used ... commonest are stone, clay, metal, papyrus, paper and leather, including vellum, and all of these except paper are mentioned in the ... and are so, indeed, even to the present day. 8. Vellum: Vellum is simply a fine quality of leather prepared for writing ... were most likely written on papyrus, rather than leather or vellum, but most of the earliest codices and all, until ...
... and passed it on to the Romans. The parchment or vellum codex superseded the papyrus roll by AD 400. Medieval parchment or vellum leaves were prepared from the skins of animals. By the ... carved on stone, stamped on clay, written or printed on vellum, papyrus or paper, or only stamped on the mind of ... well as the Italian papyri until papyrus was succeeded by vellum. Many are also found on wax, gold, silver, brass, lead ... has to do chiefly with the clay tablets, papyrus, leather, vellum and paper volumes. The clay tablet is mentioned in the ... Stone and metal inscriptions survive better than wood or clay, vellum than papyrus or paper. On the other hand, however, ...
... with a view to their liturgical use, in which case vellum might possibly have been employed. Again the evidence of the ... is written on 147 1/2 leaves of very thin vellum in four narrow columns of 48 lines each. The pages ... and the Psalm of Solomon. It is written on thin vellum in two columns of 41 lines to the page, which ... the Greek New Testament; 4th century. Written on very fine vellum, the leaves nearly square in shape, 10 X 10 1 ... It belongs to the 5th century, is written on good vellum 9 X 12 1/2 in. to the page of ... a slightly sloping but very ancient hand, written upon good vellum, in one column of 30 lines to the page, ...
... definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia parch'-ments (membranai, "membranes," "parchments," "vellum"): The skins, chiefly of sheep, lambs, goats and calves, prepared ... 2d centuries AD, there is evidence of the use of vellum, but only for notebooks and for rough drafts or inferior copies of literary works. .... A fragment of a vellum MS, which may belong to this period, is preserved in ...
... Milton, but not legitimate. 4. Pertaining to abortion; as abortive vellum, made of the skin of an abortive calf. 5. In ... from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.] 3. Rendering fruitless or ineffectual. [Obs.] ``Plunged in that ...
... ies) 1 a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder ... parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2 ...
... pumice stone, and reducing its thickness with a sharp instrument. Vellum is made of the skins of abortive or very young ... young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a parchment with the seal of C ...
... and a quarto. The folio contains 382 double pages of vellum, written in a small but plain character. The quarto contains 450 double pages of vellum, written in a large fair character.
... and a quarto. The folio contains 382 double pages of vellum, written in a small but plain character. The quarto contains 450 double pages of vellum, written in a large fair character.
... of a hollow cylinder, and covered at the ends with vellum, which is stretched or slackened at pleasure. 2. In machinery ... end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic ...