The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 488
^, on paper made from hemp and flax, calledrag paper. The Roman world had adopted the use of papyrus, which wasa very important branch of commerce at Alexandria. We find proof ofthis in the writers of antiquity : St. Jerome bears witness to it as far asregards the fifth century of our era. The… … 424 MANUSCRIPTS. upon it. The charters of the kings of France of the first race were alsoissued on papyrus. From the eighth century parchment contended withpapyrus; a little later cotton paper also became its competitor, and theeleventh century is generally fixed on as the period when papyrus…
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