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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Published in:	Heritage Science
Main Authors:	Sean Paul Doherty, Stuart Henderson, Sarah Fiddyment, Jonathan Finch, Matthew J. Collins
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Subjects:	Parchment Manuscripts Proteomics Biocodicology Sheepskin Legal deeds
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00503-6

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