Show PAPYRUS AND PER There is no evidence that papyrus was grown for commercial purposes outside of Egypt dung the whole Roman period and the industry of its growth and manufacture must have been a large and profitable one In the time of T berius a sedition was nearly caused by berus a selton Wa ne1y cuse a scarcity of paper and a rebellious papeMnaker in the days of Aurelian boasted that he could equip an army from the profits of eQud qs business and did it too Parchment was Invented by the Greeks Pent w and the Mid when papyrus was scarce te wJen io an dIe Ages reinvented it There is evidence that linen rags were used in papermaking use as early as the eighth and rinth centuries centu-ries In paper of that period the fibre was chiefly linen with traces of cotton hemp chiefy lne < and other fibres The known specimens to have are of Oriental origin and appear been clayed like modern papers the material ma-terial used being a starch paste manufactured manufac-tured from wheat The oldest manuscript written pn cotton paper in England s in the British museum muse-um and dates from 1049 A D and the oldest on the same material in the Paris National library Is dated 1050 Iti 10S5 the Christian successors of the Spanish Saracens Sara-cens made paper of rags instead of raw cotton which had been formerly employed em-ployed All the Year Round |