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Show PAPYRUS BOOKS WERE ROLLS Modern Term "Volume" Hat Been Found to Have Had Its Origin In These Cylindrical Works. In forming papyrus into books it was customary among the indents to use a long sheet or web of It and roll it upon a stick, as is the custom In respect re-spect to maps at the present day, says the Detroit News. The writing was in columns, each of wlhctt formed a sort of page, the render holding the ends of the roll in his two hands and reading at the part which was open between them. As he advanced he contlnuully unrolled on one side and rolled up on the other. The term "volume," used in respect to modern books, had Its origin In this ancient practice of writing upon long rolls. The long sheet was rolled upon a wooden billet which gave the volume a certain firmness and solfdlty, and afforded af-forded it greut protection. The ends of the roller projected beyond be-yond the edges of the sheet and were terminated In knobs or bosses, which guarded In some measure the edges of the papyrus or rolls of parchment which were often made In the same manner. The whole volume was also Inclosed In a parchment case, on the outside of which the title of the work was conspicuously recorded. |