SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marginalia, Animal Glue, Light Skin
22 Jun 2016
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There primary jobs was not to produce manuscripts. They start hiring people who are not related to the monasteries. Illuminator is someone who adds illustrations o o. People started consuming second hand copies o o. They might go to the bookstore and commission a book. 3-4 books a year: usually not paid. Professional scribes/ illuminators: depending on the size and length of book, could write one a week, get paid by job, not by hour. Selecting good skin is crucial: make sure the animal is not suffering from a skin disease. Colour of wool or hair of animal reflects in the surface: white skin is preferred. Parchment soaks, scrapes, and rinses skin to get it to tissue thinness o. First wash the skin , put skin in lime and water leave skin lying to lime and water solution to rot for 3-10 days o o o. The fur will fall off, scrape of the residual fur.
