Latin scrolls

The Latin scrolls

 

A written text on papyrus scroll is a book for eternity.

The ancient scroll, made ​​their way to Egypt to Greece and Europe. The "book" came from papyrus rolls in the Roman market, usually from twenty papyrus sheets (kollemata). It was written on the inside of the preferred role (recto), where the fiber direction of the papyrus was horizontal, and offered to the reed pen (calamus) or goose feather (penna scriptoria) the least resistance.

Stories, written by the ancient life ... Here you will find classic literature on volume of roles in the Roman Store: Virgil's epic, and Caesar's De bello gallico ... To make school interesting with authentic Roman books. Or are you fascinated with exceptional gifts for the "Roman wall of books"!