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The 23 pages that link to Parchment, each with the reason it gives.

• Dead Sea ScrollsRelated: Many scrolls were copied on parchment, whose survival depended on the caves’ dry conditions.

• PaperCompared with: It offered greater durability than paper but required animal hides.

• History of booksRelated: Parchment provided a reusable, long-lasting surface for manuscript books.

• PapyrusCompared with: Parchment could be folded into codices and often lasted better than papyrus in damp conditions.

• Illuminated manuscriptRelated: Its smooth, durable surface was a common support for manuscript painting and lettering.

• CodexRelated: Its flexibility and strength made parchment well suited to folding into codex gatherings.

• Manuscript cultureRelated: Parchment enabled the folded leaves and long-lasting copies used in many codices.

• CalligraphyRelated: Its smooth, resilient surface supported the careful copying of manuscript hands.

• Medieval manuscriptRelated: It was the principal writing surface for many medieval codices.

• Insular artRelated: Parchment was the surface on which many surviving Insular illuminated manuscripts were made.

• Portolan chartRelated: Many portolan charts were drawn on parchment, sometimes in the shape of a whole animal skin.

• CodicologyRelated: Its surface, thickness, and preparation can reveal material choices and production practices.

• Oxyrhynchus PapyriCompared with: It provides a material contrast to the papyrus used in most finds.

• PalimpsestRelated: Its durable surface could be scraped or washed for reuse.

• Textual transmissionRelated: Its reusability and longevity helped preserve texts in manuscript cultures.

• Anglo-Saxon artRelated: Its smooth surface supported the pigments, ink, and detailed lettering of illuminated books.

• PalaeographyRelated: Parchment manuscripts preserve writing across centuries and often retain evidence of their production.

• IncunableRelated: Some incunables used parchment, carrying a manuscript material into print culture.

• Codex GigasRelated: Its unusually large pages required substantial sheets of prepared skin.

• History of paperCompared with: It remained a major rival to paper in manuscripts after paper reached western Eurasia.

• Nicolas FlamelRelated: Scribes such as Flamel produced and handled manuscripts written on this material.

• KuficRelated: Many surviving early Quran manuscripts in Kufic were written on parchment.

• Voynich manuscriptNarrower topic: The codex's parchment enabled scientific dating and distinguishes its physical substrate from its ink.