Flesh v. hair

Like the majority of the Library’s medieval manuscripts, 10a 233 is written on parchment (animal skin).  It’s not of particularly fine quality, and the difference between the flesh side and the hair side is striking.

 

The difference between hair side (white) and flesh side (yellow), folios 12 – 13. Galen, De crisibus libri III, France. circa 1200 – 1250. Call no. 10a 233.

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