Scratching the surface: the use of sheepskin parchment to deter textual erasure in early modern legal deeds
Abstract Historic legal deeds are one of the most abundant resources in British archives, but also one of the most neglected. Despite the millions that survive, we know remarkably little about their manufacture, including the species of animal on which they were written. Here we present the species...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Heritage Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00503-6 |