Parchment
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Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats. It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia. Vellum is a finer quality parchment made from the skins of young animals such as lambs and young calves.
Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame
Parchment with a quill and ink
Latin grant dated 1329, written on fine parchment or vellum, with seal
A 1385 copy of the Sachsenspiegel, a German legal code, written on parchment with straps and clasps on the binding
Vellum
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Vellum is prepared animal skin or membrane, typically used as writing material. It is often distinguished from parchment, either by being made from calfskin, or simply by being of a higher quality. Vellum is prepared for writing and printing on single pages, scrolls, and codices (books).
Magna Carta, written in Latin on vellum, held at the British Library
A vellum deed dated 1638, with pendent seal attached
Quran from the 7th century written on vellum
A Volume Of Treatises on Natural Science, Philosophy, and Mathematics (1300) Ink on vellum.