Preferred label
sheepskin
fåreskinn
Alternative label
sheep
Note (en)
Note
The skin of the sheep which may be either tanned, tawed or turned into parchment. Sheepskins could be split into two layers and the thin grain split could be tanned and used as a covering for cheap books.
Note (nb)
Note
skinn av får som er tilberedt enten ved garving, alungarving eller til pergament
Scope note source reference
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Source
AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
Additional Reference
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300193374 (modified)
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