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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''scrowle'', blend of ''rolle'' roll and ''scrowe'' scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French ''escrowe'', of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch ''schrode'' piece cut off, Old High German ''scrōt'')  

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''scrowle'', blend of ''rolle'' roll and ''scrowe'' scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French ''escrowe'', of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch ''schrode'' piece cut off, Old High German ''scrōt'')  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a :  a roll (as of [[papyrus]], leather, or parchment) for [[writing]] a [[document]]

*1a :  a roll (as of [[papyrus]], leather, or parchment) for [[writing]] a [[document]]

:b :  the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument  

:b :  the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''scroll''' is usually divided up into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of [[papyrus]] or parchment glued together at the edges, or may be marked divisions of a continuous roll of [[writing]] material. The scroll is usually unrolled so that one page is [[exposed]] at a time, for writing or [[reading]], with the remaining pages rolled up to the left and right of the visible page. It is unrolled from side to side, and the [[text]] is written in lines from the top to the bottom of the page. Depending on the [[language]], the letters may be written left to right, right to left, or alternating in direction ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon boustrophedon]).

A '''scroll''' is usually divided up into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of [[papyrus]] or parchment glued together at the edges, or may be marked divisions of a continuous roll of [[writing]] material. The scroll is usually unrolled so that one page is [[exposed]] at a time, for writing or [[reading]], with the remaining pages rolled up to the left and right of the visible page. It is unrolled from side to side, and the [[text]] is written in lines from the top to the bottom of the page. Depending on the [[language]], the letters may be written left to right, right to left, or alternating in direction ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon boustrophedon]).

Some scrolls are simply rolled up pages; others may have wooden rollers on each end: Torah scrolls have rather elaborate rollers befitting their [[ceremonial]] function.

Some scrolls are simply rolled up pages; others may have wooden rollers on each end: Torah scrolls have rather elaborate rollers befitting their [[ceremonial]] function.

The scroll has now largely been replaced by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex codex], a process which started almost as soon as the codex was invented. For example, in Egypt by the fifth century, the codex outnumbered the scroll or roll by ten to one based on surviving examples, and by the sixth century the scroll had almost vanished from use as a vehicle for [[literature]].

The scroll has now largely been replaced by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex codex], a process which started almost as soon as the codex was invented. For example, in Egypt by the fifth century, the codex outnumbered the scroll or roll by ten to one based on surviving examples, and by the sixth century the scroll had almost vanished from use as a vehicle for [[literature]].

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]