( Compare 2 Timothy 4: 13.) By the third and fourth centuries of our Common Era, a distinction between grades of the material was accepted, the coarser continuing to be known as parchment, the finer as vellum.
इसे बनाने के लिये खाल को धोकर, उसके बालों को खुरचकर साफ़ करके, उन्हें साँचों में डालकर खींचकर सुखाया जाता था ।