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(gentle guitar music) - [Voiceover] In the middle ages, parchment was used to make the pages of books. Parchment was made from the skins of animals. The transition from a fresh skin to a surface suitable for writing was a slow and laborious process. The parchment maker selected skins of sheep, goats, or calves. Skins were soaked in limewater for three to ten days, to loosen the animals hair. The parchment maker than scraped away the hair, and any remaining flesh. After this, the skin was soaked in fresh water, to remove the lime, and then stretched tightly on a frame. A special, rounded knife was used to scrape the hide to the desired thickness. The process of scraping continued over the course of several days. During this time, the parchment maker continually tightened the tension on the stretching frame, while the skin dried. The result was parchment, a smooth and durable material, that could last over a thousand years. Before parchment could be written on, it had to be specially p