De Sède's book was most famous for its reproduction of two " parchments " that were allegedly discovered by Saunière that hinted at the survival of the line of Dagobert II.

Many observant Jews from all Jewish denominations have a qualified scribe check the mezuzot parchments for defects ( such as small tears or faded lettering ) at least twice every seven years.

An original copy of the parchments is held at the National Archives Building.

* the scene in the Maritime Gallery at Marlinspike, redrawn to include Snowy chewing a bone, an anchor and the three models of the Unicorn on a glass panel with a book and some of the parchments ( the original panel only had a single model on a wooden case ).

This was elaborated upon in a 1965 Priory document by stating it was Abbé Antoine Bigou, one of Saunière's predecessor curés at Rennes-le-Château, who hid the parchments in 1790 in the hollow pillar that supported the church altar, after finding out about the secret of Rennes-le-Château on 17 January 1781 at the deathbed of Marie de Negri d ' Ables, Marquise d ' Hautpoul-Blanchefort.

Corbu also claimed Saunière had in 1892 discovered " parchments " whilst renovating his church " written in a mixture of French and Latin, which at first glance could be discerned passages from the Gospels ".

Pierre Plantard and Gérard de Sède fell out over book royalties when L ' Or de Rennes was published in 1967, at the same time Philippe de Chérisey announced that he had forged the " parchments ".

In an interview during the 1970s with author Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Philippe de Chérisey asserted: " the parchments of the Gospel according to Saint Luke fabricated by me and for which I pinched the uncial text from the work L ' archéologie chrétienne ( Christian Archaeology ) by Dom Cabrol at the National Library, section C25 ".

He was a prelate of great learning, a patron of studies, enriching with parchments the library at Caesarea founded by Eusebius.

De Sède and Plantard fell out over book royalties relating to L ' Or de Rennes and never worked together again, at the same time Philippe de Chérisey announced the " parchments " were his creations that he later elaborated upon in his 1978 unpublished document entitled L ' Énigme de Rennes, claiming they were originally made for his friend Francis Blanche, as material for a French radio serial entitled Signé Furax.

A book published in 1983 by Louis Vazart reproduced two fake " notarised documents " allegedly dating from October 1955 naming Captain Ronald Stansmore Nutting ( altered from Captain Ronald Stansmore ), Major Hugh Murchison Clowes and the Right Honourable Viscount Leathers as the legal owners of the parchments discovered by Saunière " whose value cannot be estimated ", and requesting the parchments-all containing proof of the survival of the line of Dagobert II-to be removed from France.

The book L ' Or de Rennes by Gérard de Sède ( with the collaboration of Pierre Plantard ) contained elements relating to the fictitious secret society the Priory of Sion, reproducing " parchments " that alluded to the survival of the Merovingian line of Frankish kings from Dagobert II, and Pierre Plantard claimed to be descended from that monarch.

In 1989, when Plantard revised his claims about the Priory of Sion, it was stated in a 1989 issue of Vaincre: " The parchments of Blanche of Castile were in Etienne Plantard's safe-deposit box in London since November 1955 and they did not ' mention ' Dagobert, or a Dagobert II and Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair was never ' a Merovingian pretender ' to the throne of France: His lineage results from the Counts de Rhédae and by the female line of Saint Clair-sur-Epte, which has no relationship with ' Sinclair '.

"... Melquíades ' final keys were revealed to him and he saw the epigraph of the parchments perfectly placed in the order of man's time and space: ' The first in line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by ants '.

The central claim in L ' Or de Rennes was that Saunière found parchments proving that the lineage of the " last " Merovingian king, Dagobert II, assassinated on 23 December 679, did not die with him as had previously been thought.

The parchments said the Merovingians were descended from the Tribe of Benjamin and Dagobert II had hidden an ‘ accursed ’ treasure in Rennes-le-Château.

However, Plantard and de Sède fell out over book royalties following the publication of L ' Or de Rennes in 1967 and Philippe de Chérisey, Plantard's friend and accomplice, announced he had forged the " parchments ".

When in 1967 Plantard and de Chèrisey announced that the parchments published in L ' Or de Rennes were fakes, different claims were introduced about the exact nature of Sauniere's discovery.

" In 1981 Plantard circulated a French newspaper cutting of unknown provenance stating the parchments were stored in a Safe deposit box of Lloyds Bank, London.

Pierre Plantard and Gérard de Sède fell out over book royalties when L ' Or de Rennes was published in 1967 and Plantard's friend Philippe de Chérisey revealed that he fabricated the parchments.

Noël Corbu's account of the discovery of the parchments by Father Saunière was later quoted in the document Un Trésor Mérovingien à Rennes-le-Château ( 1966 ) attributed to " Antoine L ' Ermite ", that for " stylistic reasons suggest that this was written by Pierre Plantard and / or Philippe de Chérisey ".

When the " parchments " were originally published in Gérard de Sède's book L ' Or de Rennes in 1967, it was claimed there were four parchments originally discovered by Saunière in the hollow pillar of his church.

He claimed Saunière obtained his wealth from the Habsburgs in return for parchments containing " politico-genealogical secrets " about the descent of Louis XVII.

They are behind the theft of Tintin's model and Sakharine's parchment, knowing that only with all three parchments can the location of the treasure be found for the following book Red Rackham's treasure.

A second document by de Chérisey entitled Pierre et papier (" Stone and Paper ") provides a more detailed explanation, giving the more complicated decoding technique to one of the " parchments " by using a Knight's Tour 25-letter alphabet, omitting the letter " w ", the knowledge of which can only be known to the forger.

As the threat of Gaea's offspring came to light, he inscribed all his dark mystical knowledge ( acquired through a millennia of practicing evil incarnate ) onto indestructible parchments to leave in this dimension ( should he be defeated ) as a testament to his power and a link between him and this world.

The parchments would one day be bound together in a single volume and aptly titled, the Darkhold, the Earth's first tome of black magic.

Chthon wrote his spells down in an indestructible set of parchments that would be known as The Darkhold.

Before 1800, swim bladders of sturgeon ( primarily Beluga sturgeon from Russia ) were used as a source of isinglass, a form of collagen used historically for the clarification of beer, as a predecessor for gelatin, and to preserve parchments.

Sets were designed from parchments and sketches from the British Museum, and modeled on castles of Harlech, Farleigh, and Framlingham.

On the left side is the Bobbio historical archives: sited into the premises of the Old Seminary, founded in the mid of the 12th century, they keep precious parchments and fragments of ancient codes dated from 9th century to 15th century.

There were four parchments altogether, two of which were reproduced in Gérard de Sède ’ s forthcoming book ( their contents were described in this 1965 document ) and the other two containing genealogies made by the Abbé Bigou ( running from 1548 to 1789 ) and Henri Lobineau ( running from 1780 to 1915 ).

Noël Corbu circulated the story from the mid-1950s when he opened his restaurant that Saunière discovered parchments in the hollow pillar of his Altar in 1891, and these related to the treasure of Blanche of Castile, and which ' according to the archives ' consisted of 28, 500, 000 gold pieces.

Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, for instance, held that one must not use parchments written by, or eat meat slaughtered by, believers in Kabbalah because these are dedicated to Zeir Anpin ( one of the partzufim of the 10 sephirot ), a concept apparently distinct from the Unfathomable Almighty Creator.

In Teito Monogatari, the novel credited with starting the contemporary popular interest in onmyodo mysticism, they are represented as shape shifters formed from parchments with the pentagram ( Seiman ) inscribed upon them.

That Philippe de Chérisey did not understand Latin is demonstrated in his copying of the Latin Text from the Codex Bezae for one of his " parchments ": for instance, he made several of the most basic errors in copying the Latin uncials, which therefore garbles the spelling of multiple words.

The Plan was created from five parchments sewn together measuring 45 inches by 31 inches ( 113 cm by 78 cm ) and drawn in red ink lines for the buildings, and brown ink for lettered inscriptions.

He is best known for his creation of fake parchments published in the 1967 book L ' Or de Rennes by Gérard de Sède, as part of his involvement in the Priory of Sion hoax between 1962-1983.

In medieval Europe, egg whites were used as glue to decorate parchments with gold leaf.

While relatively few parchments ( or codices ) of the Mixtec and Aztec cultures of the Post-Classic period survive, progress has been made in the area of Maya archaeology and epigraphy.

Many techniques for parchment repair exist, to restore creased, torn, or incomplete parchments.

These recycled parchments are called palimpsests.

Among the items lost in the fire are works of science, including parchments by the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos asserting that the Earth orbits the Sun, and dozens of dramatic works by Euripides and Sophocles.

Reusing parchments by scraping the surface and reusing them was a common practice ; the traces often left behind of the original text are known as palimpsests.

After a week of combat was followed by a violent battle known as laylat al-harir ( the night of clamor ), Muawiyah's army were on the point of being routed when Amr ibn al-Aas advised Muawiyah to have his soldiers hoist mus ' haf ( either parchments inscribed with verses of the Quran, or complete copies of it ) on their spearheads in order to cause disagreement and confusion in Ali's army.

By the 13th century, its scriptorium was known as a major source of high quality parchments throughout Europe, and were much in demand.

However, it is found that they do not have two of the parchments.

As the pickpocket is cornered, his cache of stolen wallets is found, amongst which are the Bird Brothers ' wallets containing the missing two parchments.

By combining the three parchments, Tintin and Haddock discover the coordinates of the hidden treasure, and begin to plan for an expedition to find it.

In the previous adventure, The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin and Captain Haddock discover three parchments revealing the location of the Unicorn, a 17th century navy ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor Sir Francis Haddock.

Tintin and Captain Haddock reach the location stated in Sir Francis Haddock's parchments.

Although the search is otherwise unproductive, the crew spots a large wooden cross on the island itself and Tintin believes that the reference in Sir Francis ' parchments to " the Eagle's cross " could refer to it as the marker for the treasure's location.