Some questions for you paper prop experts out there.
So I scanned the main portion of the two pages front and back and have stitched them together. I managed to scan the inside margin text on one of the pages and stitched it together to its page. My only problem is that stitching the images of the inside margin text leaves seams where the images were stitched. Because I couldn't get the inside margin text flat on the scanner, those scans have a range of contrasts and brightness that are tough, maybe impossible, to match up to the main page which is has a relatively uniform contrast and brightness.
What should I do? Is it worth it to try to save the look of the real aged page as text background? Should I keep trying to adjust the inside margin text scans to match the main page, or should I just align all the text, select it, and paste it onto a new white background? That second route means when printing the image will need to be printed on parchment or on white paper that will need artificially aged. The second route is much simpler.