20-04-2026, 07:52 PM
One other important aspect is that the most popular, most viewed and most digitised manuscripts are the illustrated or beautifully illuminated ones. These are strongly biased towards using the finest parchment or, indeed, vellum.
There are ten times more 'pedestrian' manuscripts that are text-only. While I know that several users here have been poring over these to look at the handwriting, probably less attention went to the state of the parchment, and I dare to predict that these will on average use a much lower grade of parchment.
There are ten times more 'pedestrian' manuscripts that are text-only. While I know that several users here have been poring over these to look at the handwriting, probably less attention went to the state of the parchment, and I dare to predict that these will on average use a much lower grade of parchment.