# Perkament fabricage

At an old factory in Alphen, parchment is made in a harness tannery. The cowhides are washed and rinsed in tanning vats, placed in a lime bath for three to six weeks, and scraped off on a tree. The skins go into the lime bath again for several weeks, after which they are stretched in a stretch frame. Finally, the uneven edges are cut off. In the Norbertine St. Catharinaklooster in Oosterhout nuns restore old bibles and graduals with the parchment and in the Proostenzaal of the monastery they make prayer cards from it.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_671277)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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