Twelve quires of vellum which were in stock were also used for this Antiphonale.
See Trans. Bristol and Glouces. Arch. Soc. Vol. XV. 1891, pp. 257 and 260.
See Peignot, Essai sur l'histoire du parchemin et du vélin, Paris, 1812.
Strictly speaking the word vellum should denote parchment made from calfskin, but the word is commonly used for any of the finer qualities of parchment which were used for manuscripts.
Quoted by Hook, Lives of Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. III. p. 353; the Rev. Canon G. F. Browne kindly called my attention to this passage. Other examples of the cost of vellum are given in the preceding chapter.