Show flow parchment came to be used when the literary jealousy of the egyptians caused them to stop the supply of papyrus the king of Perg amoB a city in asia minor introduced the use cf sheepskin in a form called from the place of its invention perg amona whence conr word parchment li believed to be derived vellum a finer article made from calfskin was also used many of the books done on vel binm in the addle ages were transcribed by monks and often it took years to complete a single copy C A lynde in st nicholas |