parchment
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Prepare the pan: Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Because the skins retain biological material, parchment can preserve genetic clues alongside the words written on its surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The ability to recover substantial genetic information without damaging the parchment could make institutions more comfortable allowing researchers to study valuable manuscripts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Older versions of the story exist on clay tablets, but the water-damaged sections of parchment kept at the Manchester library are the most ancient version of the epic in "book" form.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
One depended instead on a pair of tasseled wall lights shaded by a quarter circle of fake parchment.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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"We've shown that we're able to extract a tremendous amount of new information from these parchments without harming them," says Breen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
The National Archives rotunda where they sit is dim and chilly, for conservation reasons, and visitors shuffling past the displays can see why — the parchments are faded and hardly legible.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
When purchased legitimately inside the Vatican, the parchments range from $8 to $40 apiece.
From US News ● Dec. 14, 2015
Aureliano had finished classifying the alphabet of the parchments, so that when Melquíades asked him if he had discovered the language in which they had been written he did not hesitate to answer.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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