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orion Using parchment
On Oct 21 someone asked me ---
>> >
>> > I would like to know if hides
>> >were indeed stockpiled, how long would the velum have
>> >remained pliable and ( smooth things :>)) easy-to-write
>> >on.....[snip........
>
I checked with a local sofer. Parchment can be used for writing well over
100 years after it was prepared. In the Library here we have a sefer
Torah over 150 years old and if one wanted to write on the parchment the
ink would hold.
DDS
Daniel D. Stuhlman
Hebrew Theological College
Saul Silber Memorial Library
7135 N Carpenter Road
Skokie, IL 60077
847-982-2500
ssmlhtc@nslsilus.org