Roman papyrus scrolls
A text written on papyrus is a book for eternity.
Records dating from the second century A.D. prove the durability of papyrus (latin, cyperus papyrus = papyrus sedge). A doctor by the name of Galenos reports having read 300 year old scrolls. Modern dating methods support his statement.
The antique papyrus scrolls made their way through Egypt to Greece and Europe. The 'book' made of papyrus came in scrolls onto the Roman markets, consisting as a rule, of twenty sheets of papyrus (kollemata). Scrolls written on the inner side (recto) where the grain was lateral and the writing tube (calamus) or the writing feather (penna scriptoria) found the least resistance were preferred. Stories that the ancients wrote... rummage through the stories in German with Roman numerals regarding among other things Emperor Nero, the eruption of Vesuvius, or the entertaining declarations of love written by Ovid...Classic texts are also to be found in the scrolls of the Roman shop: Caesar -de bello gallico ... School lessons from authentic Roman scrolls or simply fascinating gifts for the 'Roman bookshelf!'
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Scroll - The ancient book
Those wishing to exhibit their intellectual status posseses a well stocked library, as a rule consisting of shelf on shelf lined with books. The books present day rectangular format owes its existence mainly to the printing press. In ancient times another form of the recorded word was preferred: In all advanced cultures of the ancients there was less flipping of pages and more rolling.
For the requirements of the day, the scroll established itself as the optimal medium for the written word. The fascination with this form still carries over today because it symbolizes, much more so than the conventional book, the mystery contained in the written word.