In the past, vellum described a writing surface made from animal hides. The vellum was sometimes slightly transparent, and that use of the term remains in use today. Vellum, a favorite paper among ...

After a reprieve, the UK is to continue printing and storing its laws on vellum, made from calf or goat-skin. But shouldn't these traditions give way to digital storage, asks Chris Stokel-Walker. Last ...

An MP who backed moves to scrap Parliament's centuries-old tradition of printing laws on calf skin has admitted he "made a mistake". A Commons committee has said official copies of Acts of Parliament ...

Britain's parliament should continue printing its laws onto traditional vellum the government has said, in comments hailed by a manufacturer as "a victory for common sense." Modern U.K. legislation is ...

The Repository wanted to provide something special for readers as it kicked off a year’s worth of commemorative editions with the special section you are holding right now. To do so, the newspaper ...