bombycina

Parchment had become so extremely dear that a cheap substitute was discovered in an imitation of the cotton paper known in the East as charta bombycina.

Two Poets 2007

Parchment had become so extremely dear that a cheap substitute was discovered in an imitation of the cotton paper known in the East as charta bombycina.

Two Poets 2007

The charta bombycina or cotton paper, often improperly called _silk_ paper, was unquestionably manufactured in the east as early as the ninth century, possibly much earlier; and in the tenth it came into general use throughout Europe.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 Various

The charta bombycina (bombyx, a silk and cotton paper) was much employed during mediæval periods.

Forty Centuries of Ink 1904

In the eleventh century are found instances of what is called _charta bombycina_, or cotton-paper, appearing more plentifully in the twelfth century, but on the whole vellum is the chief material of Byzantine illuminated books.

Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873

Parchment had become so extremely dear that a cheap substitute was discovered in an imitation of the cotton paper known in the East as _charta bombycina_.

Two Poets Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Parchment had become so extremely dear that a cheap substitute was discovered in an imitation of the cotton paper known in the East as _charta bombycina_.

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Volvariella bombycina sprouted spawn Pleurotus ostreatus

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Charta est spissa, bombycina, autiqua, character quadratus sat lucu - lentus cum punctis et accentibus, pa - ginae habent lineas* novemdecim, nec ulli tituli, uili numeri, ullae signaru - rae in iis appareut.

Annales Hebraeo-typographici sec. XV De Rossi, Giovanni Bernardo, 1742-1831 1795