In the past, vellum described a writing surface made from animal hides. The vellum was sometimes slightly transparent, and that use of the term remains in use today. Vellum, a favorite paper among ...

Originally, vellum was made from animal skin. Modern vellum is made from cotton rather than wood pulp like regular printer paper. When talking about printers and the printing process, vellum falls ...

The UK's law is on scrolls. In a tower After a reprieve, the UK is to continue printing and storing its laws on vellum, made from calf or goat-skin. But shouldn't these traditions give way to digital ...

London - It's often said some laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Not in Britain, where for centuries laws have been printed not on paper but on calfskin parchment known as vellum.