Fun trivia fact of the day...
So you want to reproduce an incunabula bible and you find yourself wondering, "Just how many sheep will I need to secure to supply me with the vellum needed?" (This is the sort of query that keeps the PETA people up at night.) The short answer is, 210 to 225 sheep. I ran across this tidbit in Alan Thomas' wonderful, Great Books and Book Collectors, but found this for those of you insist on immediate gratification.
I am guessing that the monks ate a great deal of mutton.
Labels: bookish, history, random bits
posted by LuxMentis @ 12:32 AM
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great something else to read while i am supposed to be working. thanks.
'bookbinders make sheep nervous.'
Why does every reference site, try to be the 'ultimate' end all be all site? can't we all just get along?
Speaking of sheep and vellum, do you know the Billy Collins poem "Flock"? It is in his newest collection "The Trouble with Poetry". Look it up-you will enjoy it!
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