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Given how much manual skilled labor was involved in producing books back then it doesn't surprise me that there was a secondary used market.
by ngoede 11y ago
Given how much manual skilled labor was involved in producing books back then it doesn't surprise me that there was a secondary used market.
- GabrielF00 11y agoThe parchment was also extremely expensive. The labor for someone to hand-copy the manuscript cost 36 shillings, but the parchment cost 6 shillings 9 pence (6.75 shillings).
- jwdunne 11y agoThat was interesting. Looking at the amount of time involved, I can see why. To make parchment, an animal hide has to be limed, which is an eighteen hour process to start with, scraped and then dried at room temperature under tension.