24-12-2019, 03:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 24-12-2019, 05:37 AM by -JKP-.
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I knew tanning was the wrong word, but I didn't know the right one (I still don't).
I'm familiar with the process of bookbinding, I actually have an antique bookbinding press, but I don't know the names of any of the steps involved in the earlier process of removing the hide, up to the point where one actually uses the parchment, vellum, or leather products for writing or binding.
If someone knows the correct terms, I'd be interested in seeing them.
My point in posting the link and pic was to illustrate that the process of preparing skin sometimes involves stretching on frames where spikes or cords were used to tie down or support the material. In other words, holes were sometimes deliberately made in the preparation process. How often these holes end up in a finished sheet I don't know. I only know that I see holes in manuscript scans every day.
A link with info on preparation of hides and multispectral imaging:
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I'm familiar with the process of bookbinding, I actually have an antique bookbinding press, but I don't know the names of any of the steps involved in the earlier process of removing the hide, up to the point where one actually uses the parchment, vellum, or leather products for writing or binding.
If someone knows the correct terms, I'd be interested in seeing them.
My point in posting the link and pic was to illustrate that the process of preparing skin sometimes involves stretching on frames where spikes or cords were used to tie down or support the material. In other words, holes were sometimes deliberately made in the preparation process. How often these holes end up in a finished sheet I don't know. I only know that I see holes in manuscript scans every day.
A link with info on preparation of hides and multispectral imaging:
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