There are very often holes in the vellum in manuscripts I study. Sometimes the holes are sewn together with colored thread. I always enjoy it when the scribes write around the holes. It's a reminder that the vellum is vellum, not paper, but a substance that once was an animal and now remains imperfect.
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Date: 2011-05-17 08:39 pm (UTC)