The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 494
; onpapyrus, which is the inner bark of a reed growing in the iSile ; then onpaper made of cotton ; and lastly, on paper made from henip and flax, calledrag paper. The Eoman world had adopted the use of papyrus, which wasa very important branch of commerce at Alexandria. We find proof ofthis in the… … 42+ MANUSCRIPTS. upon it. The charters of the kings of France of the first race were alsoissued on papyrus. From the eightli century parchment coBtended 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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