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lunellarium, n. - semi-circular knife used to scrape skins in the preparation of vellum

I admit, I watch a fair piece of TV, but a recent episode of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel called “Vellum Maker” was helpfully brought to my attention.  I’m still looking for a copy of the full episode, but in the meantime, these clips will have to suffice.
I came face to face with the [...]