Videotape on parchment manufacture

A new 19-minute video entitled "Parchment Makers: An Ancient Art in
Present-Day Ethiopia" is available from

    The Scriptorium
    P.O. Box 770
    Grand Haven MI 49417 800-333-8373

Mail to Orla O'Sullivan <oosullivan [at] scriptorium__org> or
<contact [at] scriptorium__org>.

It is produced by Dr. Neal Sobania (Hope College, MI) and Dr.
Raymond Silverman (Michigan State, MI) who observed and documented
the work of an Ethiopian scribe. Stages of parchment manufacture,
preparation and inscription of the sheets can be observed. The video
is currently available in VHS and will be also made available in
PAL. It costs $ 10.


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                  Distributed: Wednesday, May 10, 2000
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