'''Parchment''' is [[animal]] [[skin]] prepared to receive [[writing]]. Parchment is often used to mean any skin used for writing, although it strictly means only [[sheep]] or [[goat]]skin, while the term [[vellum]] means only [[cattle|calf]]skin.<ref>https://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/glossary.cfm#m_q</ref> | '''Parchment''' is [[animal]] [[skin]] prepared to receive [[writing]]. Parchment is often used to mean any skin used for writing, although it strictly means only [[sheep]] or [[goat]]skin, while the term [[vellum]] means only [[cattle|calf]]skin.<ref>https://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/glossary.cfm#m_q</ref> |