Medieval lawyers relied on parchments made from sheepskin, study shows

Britain’s best legal minds wrote on parchments made from sheepskin to prevent fraud for hundreds of years, a new study shows.  From the 13th to 20th centuries, lawyers specifically favoured sheepskin, rather than goatskin or calfskin, for writing legal documents, the UK authors say.   In an analysis of ancient sheepskin parchment, the researchers found the structure of … Read more