Other flowering plants and grasses give us cotton, flax, jute andpapyrus.
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Of course,papyrushas been used for paper for centuries, but a modern method of producing satisfactory newsprint from these raw materials needs more urgent application of scientific knowledge.
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The manuscript was written onpapyrusin the form of a sheet.
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The manuscript was written onpapyrusin the form of a roll.
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Men were solely responsible for erecting the housing magde out of grass thatch andpapyrus.
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Other writings did not survive and exist only as references, in quotations and excerpts, or as literal fragments of parchment orpapyrus.
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The task of unrolling and deciphering the over 1800 charredpapyrusscrolls continues today.
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The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports includepapyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood and canvas.
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The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports includepapyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas.
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Court records and notes were written on wax tablets, while important documents were written onpapyrusor parchment.
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Whereas the other scrolls are written on parchment orpapyrus, this scroll is written on metal: copper mixed with about 1 percent tin.
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Both books also contain numerous photographs of libraries and books in the form of clay inscriptions, onpapyrus, parchment and paper.
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The reed pen survived untilpapyruswas replaced by animal skins, vellum and parchment, as a writing surface.
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He documents the transitions from clay tablets, topapyrusand parchment scrolls, and the development of the codex as the precursor of the modern book.
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A very few illuminated manuscript fragments survive onpapyrus, which does not last nearly as long as vellum or parchment.
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