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  2. Parchment craft - Wikipedia

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    Coloring is a technique that gained popularity in parchment craft in the 20th century; before this, parchment craft was originally only white work. [3] There are many methods for coloring parchment craft work. One of the most popular is "dorsing". Dorsing creates a soft background color for embossed shapes or the areas around them.

  3. Parchment - Wikipedia

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    Although the invention of the printing press led to a reduced interest in hand made cards and items, by the eighteenth century, people were regaining interest in detailed handwork. Parchment cards became larger in size and crafters began adding wavy borders and perforations.

  4. History of PDF - Wikipedia

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    ISO standards for "full function PDF" [32] are published under the formal number ISO 32000. Full function PDF specification means that it is not only a subset of Adobe PDF specification; in the case of ISO 32000-1 the full function PDF includes everything defined in Adobe's PDF 1.7 specification.

  5. Manuscript - Wikipedia

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    Parchment or vellum, as the best type of parchment is known, had also replaced papyrus, which was not nearly so long lived and has survived to the present almost exclusively in the very dry climate of Egypt, [Note 1] although it was widely used across the Roman world. Parchment is made of animal skin, normally calf, sheep, or goat, but also ...

  6. Islamic manuscripts - Wikipedia

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    Parchment was a common way to produce manuscripts. [1] Manuscript creators eventually transitioned to using paper in later centuries with the diffusion of paper making in the Islamic empire. When Muslims encountered paper in Central Asia, its use and production spread to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa during the 8th century. [2]

  7. Parchment paper - Wikipedia

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    Parchment paper for baking. Parchment paper, also known as baking paper, is a cellulose-based paper whose material has been processed so as to obtain additional properties such as non-stickiness, grease resistance, resistance to humidity and heat resistance. [1] [2] It is commonly used in baking and cooking as a disposable non-stick paper.

  8. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act. In meeting the challenge of making sure no student falls behind in achievement, the definition of a good education is based on the results on standardized tests in reading and mathematics, for which children are tested in grades 3 through 8. “If a child fails the

  9. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    By the 11th century, papermaking was brought to Europe, where it replaced animal-skin-based parchment and wood panels. By the 13th century, papermaking was refined with paper mills using waterwheels in Spain. Later improvements to the papermaking process came in 19th century Europe with the invention of wood-based papers.