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Scientists reveal parchment’s hidden story

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Image: Damaged parchment document from Yarburgh Muniments Lancashire Deeds YM. D. Lancs 13, 14th January 1576/7 (By permission of The Borthwick Institute for Archives)
Image: Sewn repair in Archbishop's Register 7 Greenfield, 1306 - 1311 (By permission of The Borthwick Institute for Archives)
Image: Parchment manufacture marks in Archbishop's Register 41b Musgrave, 1853 - 1858 (By permission of The Borthwick Institute for Archives)
Image: Parchment manufacture marks in Archbishop's Register 41b Musgrave, 1853 - 1858 (By permission of The Borthwick Institute for Archives)
Image: Parchment indenture from Vicars Choral Estates CC. V/C 10 York/Wal. 2, 15th April 1742 (By permission of The Borthwick Institute for Archives)