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<p>Through a discussion of late medieval parchment dry-finishing methods and hitherto little-recognized invisible scarf-joined repair techniques, this article ‘surfaces’ these methods by introducing a ‘view from our fingertips’ to consider the touch of their makers. In doing so, an argument is made for the inclusion of sensory experience, particularly touch and sight, into the definition of <i>technê</i>. Through visual, technical, and historical analysis, this contribution explores how the craft sensitivities of late&#xa0;medieval parchment repairers reached the perceptual limits of touch. The ‘invisible’ repairs described and measured represent a craft specialty that, by the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Europe, aimed to rival the regularity and relative consistency of paper.</p>

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Of touch and technê: Surface qualities and invisible repairs in late medieval parchment

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    2025年9月1日

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  • Nancy K. Turner

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Through a discussion of late medieval parchment dry-finishing methods and hitherto little-recognized invisible scarf-joined repair techniques, this article ‘surfaces’ these methods by introducing a ‘view from our fingertips’ to consider the touch of their makers. In doing so, an argument is made for the inclusion of sensory experience, particularly touch and sight, into the definition of technê. Through visual, technical, and historical analysis, this contribution explores how the craft sensitivities of late medieval parchment repairers reached the perceptual limits of touch. The ‘invisible’ repairs described and measured represent a craft specialty that, by the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Europe, aimed to rival the regularity and relative consistency of paper.