Noun
A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYour life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum. Alexandre Dumas
A quarter of the 180 copy edition of Johannes Gutenberg 's first Bible printed in 1455 with movable type was also printed on vellum, presumably because his market expected this for a high-quality book. Source: Internet
Although the term derives from the French for "calf", animal vellum can include hide from virtually any other mammal. Source: Internet
As printing material he used both paper and vellum (high-quality parchment). Source: Internet
Before the widespread availability of paper, 12th century monks in European monasteries used intricate drawings to prepare illustrated, illuminated manuscripts on vellum and parchment. Source: Internet
For this reason, many important documents are written on animal vellum, such as diplomas. Source: Internet