Search results for "Parchment" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Mezuzah (Heb. מזוזה, literally "doorpost"; pl. mezuzot) refers to a small kosher parchment inscribed with two sections from the ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 9 November 2022
- rival as a writing surface in the form of parchment, which was prepared from ... By 800 B.C.E. the use of parchment and vellum had replaced papyrus ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- especially manuscripts written on parchment in codex form. It is often ... In response the Pergamenes developed parchment from sheepskin; because ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- A scroll is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper which has been written, drawn or painted upon for the purpose of decoration or preserving ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- as working animals. The terms vellum and parchment became confused early on; ... The important distinction between vellum (or parchment) and leather ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 15:00, 3 May 2023
- illuminated or not, were written on parchment (most commonly of calf ... text was usually written first. Sheets of parchment or vellum, animal hides ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- Silicone is also impregnated into parchment paper and used as a non ... * Parchment * Sealant * Silicon == Notes == == References == ...15 KB (2,090 words) - 22:06, 29 January 2023
- and soon displaced the use of hides and parchment as writing materials in ... nations, where it displaced the use of parchment and hides. Along with contact ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- ===Parchment=== Preserving parchment becomes more difficult when pigments, inks, and ...34 KB (4,751 words) - 00:35, 12 April 2023
- of names of angels or Torah passages written on parchment squares by rabbinical scribes. The parchment is then placed in an ornate silver case and worn ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- if even a single character is out of place in a parchment translation of the original Hebrew Torah, the entire parchment must be destroyed and replaced ...15 KB (2,395 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- and lost in 1248 at Parma. The 2-column 111 folio parchment codex is a copy by King Manfred which reappeared after 1258, and went to the Vatican Library ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- by his detractors. In 1969, however, a Greek parchment codex of c. 400 C.E., was discovered in Upper Egypt, which is now designated Codex Manichaicus ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- The folios are made of vellum parchment made from donkey or antelope ... who allegedly saw some leaves of parchment in a waste-basket during ...31 KB (4,479 words) - 22:23, 7 January 2024
- of the crucifixion include a stylized plaque or parchment, called a titulus (title), bearing the Latin letters INRI, occasionally carved directly into ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- to have stored some 400,000 to 700,000 parchment scrolls from Assyria, Greece ... to use in codices, called pergamum or parchment after the city. This was ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 06:39, 20 July 2023
- in the beautiful Silver Codex (a purple parchment with silver and gold letters) now at Upsala, dating from the fifth century. Nearly all of his ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- is printed on paper (or, in earlier times, parchment), although in recent years sheet music has been published in digital formats. Use of the term ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- * Paper, parchment, or vellum * Series * Photoplay editions * Signed books: inscribed/signed by an author or illustrator * Stages of publication: ...12 KB (1,694 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
