| Reference number | CLP/3i/18/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'The art of making parchment, vellum, glue etc' by John Beale |
| Date | 14 December 1663 |
| Description | Account of how Matthew Wills of Yeovil [Somerset, England] makes parchment and vellum (which Beale believes is the best in England at 5 shillings a roll). He uses calf skin for vellum and skins of ewes or rams, rather than wethers, for parchment.
Subject: Industry / Trade
Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1664. |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper. |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBC/2/53 |
| RBO/3/14 |
| MS/215/54 |
| CLP/3i/18 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |