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It's called vellum and they also use goats, or as you may say, "dead baby goats" as if that added useful information. It happens to be a decent archival materia
by Y_Y 2y ago
It's called vellum and they also use goats, or as you may say, "dead baby goats" as if that added useful information. It happens to be a decent archival material and a lot of very old laws are well preserved. Not cool if you aren't into animal products though.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569281 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569281
- observationist 2y agoUsing live baby goats was deemed inhumane, noisy, and the scribes didn't want to chase shaved goats anymore, so the practice was stopped.