From beast to book - Parchment, made from animal skin, can vividly show what it is made of. This hole, left by parchment maker's knife, contains hair of the skin's first owner, a calf that lived a thousand years back.

A decade ago I planned to make a photo book focusing on the beauty of book damage. I still plan to do so but will share some of the images I took here.

Pic (my own): Leiden, UB, BUR Q 1 (ca. 1100).

#ManuscriptPhotography #Parchment #BookHistory #medieval #manuscript

From beast to book - Parchment, made from animal skin, can vividly show what it is made of. This hole, left by parchment maker's knife, contains hair of the skin's first owner, a calf that lived a thousand years back.

A decade ago I planned to make a photo book focusing on the beauty of book damage. I still plan to do so but will share some of the images I took here.

Pic (my own): Leiden, UB, BUR Q 1 (ca. 1100).

#ManuscriptPhotography #Parchment #BookHistory #medieval #manuscript