medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religionThe demise of print copy of The Independent and the possibility of other newspapers following suit makes me wonder what the next generation is going to use under the cat litter tray/dirty shoes/etc
Anne
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Subject: Re: [M-R] The end of vellum in UK?
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The story as printed in The Independent (ironically shortly to cease print publication at all) is here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vellum-uks-last-producer-of-calf-skin-parchment-fights-on-after-losing-parliaments-business-a6870966.html
(Do we need to explain to our American friends what ‘Torygraph’ means?)
Cate Gunn
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On 15 Feb 2016, at 14:26, BRIGGS JOHN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Jane Stemp Wickenden wrote:
However, revenons à nos moutons, or maybe nos veaux; this in today's Telegraph:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12156813/Vellum-should-be-saved-in-a-bid-to-safeguard-our-great-traditions-says-minister.html
However, the Torygraph seem to think that "some of the country's most important historical documents have been printed on vellum, including the Domesday Book of 1086, Magna Carta and the Lindisfarne Gospels." 😊
John Briggs
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