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VELLUM [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

Strong, high-grade natural or cream-coloured paper made to resemble the fine parchment originally made from calfskin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier de belle qualité destiné à des tirages de luxe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de papel
DEF

Papel liso y sin grano, de primera calidad, hecho casi exclusivamente con pasta de trapos, cuya superficie permite la reproducción detallada de los dibujos más finos [...]

OBS

[...] se emplea este papel para tirar viñetas y ediciones de lujo.

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Record 2 2000-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leather Industry
  • Preparation of Leather and Leather Articles
  • Chamois, Calf Leather and Parchment (Leather Ind.)
DEF

A fine kind of parchment prepared from the skins of calves (lambs or kids) and used especially for writing, painting, or binding; also, any superior quality of parchment or an imitation of this.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du cuir
  • Préparation des cuirs et des objets en cuir
  • Chamoiserie, buffleterie et parcheminerie (Ind. du cuir)
DEF

Peau de veau mort-né (ou d'un autre animal, comme l'agneau ou le chevreau), préparée pour l'écriture, l'illustration, l'imprimerie ou la reliure, plus lisse et plus fine que le parchemin ordinaire.

Key term(s)
  • velin

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

An appliance of soft rubber used to close a fissure in the soft palate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Prothèse employée pour fermer une fissure palatine.

Spanish

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