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Offline bleair

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Examples of parchment flaws turned into part of work
« on: March 27, 2018, 11:01:26 PM »
Nothing profound, but kinda fun to see how historic scribes sometimes incorporated flaws of parchment directly into their work.

http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/03/if-youve-got-it-flaw-nt-it.html


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Re: Examples of parchment flaws turned into part of work
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2018, 09:29:14 AM »
How clever! And those gems are sometimes what become so enchanting about the work.
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