Parchment holes in a 14th century manuscript repaired using embroidery. Circa 1417 CE, now housed at the Uppsala University Library in Sweden [500×375]
by Fuckoff555
Parchment holes in a 14th century manuscript repaired using embroidery. Circa 1417 CE, now housed at the Uppsala University Library in Sweden [500×375]
by Fuckoff555
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The words are written around the hole – so the hole was always there. This is probably vellum, which is made from animal skin, which will have holes occasionally.
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Incredible that it stayed intact
If the manuscript is from 1417, isn’t that the 15th century?