Scroll

For other uses, see Scroll (disambiguation).

The Joshua Roll, Vatican Library. An illuminated scroll, probably of the 10th century, created in the Byzantine empire.
Scroll of the Book of Esther, Seville, Spain
Ingredients used in making ink for Hebrew scrolls today

A scroll (from the Old French escroe or escroue), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing.[1]

  1. ^ Beal, Peter (2008). ""scroll" in A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000". Online edition. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.