Parchment (the good, the bad, and the ugly)

"Through-view" of an animal head initial. Eastern France, the first third of the ninth century (Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Nat. MS 1, fol. 25v and 26v).

Not all medieval cows went to heaven—some ended up in books. Hair follicles and holes offer clues to a page’s past.

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