| Show master of the rolls once not empty title tille in the lie days day before printing tile tho old records were always written wrIt tea in a form which made them thein literally a roll says the dearborn independent one sheet of parchment was mas used and tile tho next one was sewed to its bottom edge and the process repeated until a docu document inert might consist of a hundred or more sheets or skins is as they were then called all sewed together in one long strip A piece of wood was then fastened to either end in tin manner of a modern map and the strip rolled up from the bottom into a great roll or bundle the render reader began beean at the tha ton I 1 slowly unrolling one end its as one rolled up the other end on oil 11 another nother stick from arom tills this form rolls came to stand ifor for manuscripts particularly official manuscripts or court records the keeper or roaster master of the rolls was then the hlaj hiwa officer who kept the records of the english courts of justice today the president pre of the chancery division of the high court of justice in england ranking next nest to the lord chief justice of england Is called the master of the rolls originally the master of the rolls had the custody of the records but in the course of time this charge beganie merely nominal |
