{"id":14896,"date":"2025-07-18T12:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalunyapaisdarxius.cat\/catalunyapaisdarxius\/recurs-digital\/recurs\/documents-singulars\/parchments\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:07:36","slug":"parchments","status":"publish","type":"document-singular","link":"https:\/\/catalunyapaisdarxius.cat\/en\/catalunyapaisdarxius\/digital-resource\/resource\/distinctive-documents\/parchments\/","title":{"rendered":"Parchments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Parchments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parchment \u2013 usually made from sheep, goat or calfskin \u2013 and vellum \u2013 a finer variety specifically made from calfskin \u2013 were the writing materials par excellence in mediaeval Catalonia. Their extraordinary durability and flexibility made them the ideal medium for the most valuable and enduring documents. 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