A fine, smooth, off-white material used for printing Originally produced from calfskin
An animal skin that has been treated with lime and stretched and scraped rather than tanned
Writing surface made from calfskin, using a similar process to that of creating parchement
A copy of a bill as passed by both Houses, which is printed on 'vellum' paper and presented to the Governor for signature Under s 50 of the Constitution Act 1902, the vellum must be transmitted to and enrolled and recorded in the office of the Registrar-General wiithin 10 days from the day on which the bill becomes law
Animal skin but a thicker preparation than chicken skin and therefore very durable
A high quality writing material in ancient times, usually made from the skins of calves or antelopes
Vellum is strong paper of good quality for writing on. a material used for covering books or writing on, made from the skin of young cows, sheep, or goats (veelin, from veel; VEAL)
Specially prepared calf, lamb or goat skin used for binding and, in medieval times, as a writing paper
A material used for writing, like paper It was made from animal skins, usually from cattle, sheep, goats, and antelope The hair was scraped off of the skins, then they were washed, smoothed, and dressed with chalk Vellum was used until the late Middle Ages until paper was introduced into Europe from China via Arab traders Vellum lasted longer than papyrus and was tougher, but the edges sometimes became torn and tattered The two oldest parchment manuscripts are the Codex Vaticanus (from Egypt) and the Codex Sinaiticus
The word has the same origin as veal or veau in French (calf, vitellus in Latin), and is strictly the writing material made from cow skin