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Storehouses of parchment - -JKP- - 27-08-2020
I have been assuming that if there were storehouses of parchment in the late medieval period, they were probably in scriptoria.
This is partly true, but I didn't know that often the person commissioning manuscripts was expected to supply the parchment. I discovered this gradually, over the years by reading historical works that discuss early manuscripts and scriptoria. The patron may have purchased skin from parchmenters as it was needed.
This may have changed when the printing press changed the creation and availability of books. There was probably a point where people realized handwritten manuscripts would soon be obsolete and parchment would no longer be needed. Some may have been redistributed or used for other purposes. I imagine this transition probably happened sometime in the late 15th or early 16th century.
So, it's an interesting piece of medieval trivia... if you want scribes to create a copy or a new work... bring the skin. Also, in the early medieval period they used the Greek word for calligrapher to describe scribes, but gradually other words were used as scribes specialized (e.g., notaries).
RE: Storehouses of parchment - ReneZ - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - -JKP- - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - ReneZ - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - Helmut Winkler - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - Helmut Winkler - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - -JKP- - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - Aga Tentakulus - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - Helmut Winkler - 27-08-2020
RE: Storehouses of parchment - bi3mw - 28-08-2020