The Evolution of Scrolls

Earthenware jars would be used for large scrolls that maybe had to sit on the ground but other ones would tend to be shelved on what like bookshelves. The library of alexandria which is you know this famous ancient institution of learning was set of 700 000 scrolls and it's probably about 10 times too many. There definitely was an overlap Romans were still writing on papyrus scrolls exported from Egypt right through the whole period we think of as public or gromen empire. i bought some back when i was writing the book i bought a bunch of papyrus i glued it together and made myself a scroll yeah tried to write in it tried to hold it open and it