Alexander Hamilton

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

American Politician

Howard Jacobson

I was young; I was newly married. My Cambridge degree was still warm in my pocket - a roll of parchment guaranteeing me, I thought, a sort of free ambassadorial passage to any campus of my choosing, and I had chosen Sydney - the world was all before me.

British Novelist

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.

Wayne LaPierre

I tell gun owners and hunters and sportsmen and Second Amendment supporters and Americans every day that all of these freedoms we have are just words on a piece of parchment paper unless we stand up and defend them every day.

American Activist

Claire Saffitz

Like turning potatoes or making a bearnaise sauce by hand, forming a cornet - essentially a DIY pastry bag - from parchment paper feels like one of those things culinary students do once or twice and then never again.

American Editor

The Second Amendment is not just words on parchment. It's not some frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim. It lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon.

John Updike

If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.

American Novelist

Oscar Nunez

I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.

American Actor

Daniel Clowes

American Author

Primarily used in historical or fantasy contexts to evoke a sense of antiquity.

Historical Writing

Implies luxury or high status, often associated with important historical documents.

Posh Artifact

Gives a literary piece or movie an old-fashioned feel; not for contemporary settings.

Archaic Impression

Suggests formality and official use, typically for certifications or awards.

Formal Documents

Often used in contexts requiring a professional appearance.

Professional Touch

Indicates a non-stick feature for baking, not to be confused with historical parchment.

Kitchen Essential

Highlights its usage in the oven, resistant to high temperatures.

Heat Resistant

Can replace greasing pans; useful in low-fat or non-stick cooking.

Culinary Substitute

 And it's much tougher than the parchment that it was written on. And so before we could start imaging Archimedes, we had to take this book apart. So it took four years to take apart. And this is a rare action shot, ladies and gentlemen.

William Noel: Revealing...

 started to work on the phonograph it was an ingenious device it basically took in sound waves through a kind of a membrane covered with parchment and that would vibrate modeled after the anatomy of the human ear and would convert those

Focusing on blind spots...

 standardized and codified they're made from animal skin also called parchment and it can be the animal skins that were used were varied either goat sheep or parchment is it's actually a very nice material it's very it is essentially

Mysterious, Ancient...

 go online, drop us a line. Let's change the narrative together and let's start righting writing wrongs. I'd like to end, before going back to the Middle East, with a quote from one of the greatest Sheikhs to put quill to parchment.

Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The...

 A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. Painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns, and urban craftspeople,

What is a butt tuba and...

 In ancient times, however, so much of it persisted that it seemed it would last forever. Admirers performed Sappho cover songs and committed her poetry to papyrus, parchment, and pottery. Three centuries after Sappho’s death,

The surprising origins...

 replacing parchment for most printings because it was less expensive in bulk. Inks had been made by combining organic plant and animal dyes with water or wine, but since water doesn't stick to metal type,

The evolution of the...

 another omen, but of what? Back home, Camma sits among the elders for her evening meal of porridge, a bit of meat, and a cup of wine. While they were out during the day, an intercepted parchment arrived.

A day in the life of a...

 because while the implements they were writing with were challenging what they were writing on was another level they were writing on sheets of vellum or parchment which are stretched and

 parchment and gradually slows down as autumn approaches by late october the stripped cork trees are now deep red as they begin to regrow their bark

Parchment