Papyrus

(noun.) a document written on papyrus.

(noun.) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.

(noun.) paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans.

录入:特丽萨

• Had there been presses, they would have had to stand idle while the papyrus rolls were slowly made. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Until that time books had to be written upon parchment or papyrus, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt Europe was cut off from the papyrus supply. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Our most satisf actory data in reference to Egyptian medicine are derived, however, from the Ebers papyrus. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Papyrus does not, however, appear to have been superseded until the twelfth century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The supply of papyrus was strictly limited, strip had to be fastened to strip, and there was no standard size of sheet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But they early resorted to strips of the papyrus reed fastened together, from whose name comes our word paper. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Originally made from the fibres of the papyrus plant, and later from rags beaten into a pulp, paper for the printing of books and newspapers is now made almost entirely of wood. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Twelve of these ropes were used, about nine inches thick, some of them being made of flax and others of papyrus. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the seventh century, the Saracens conquered Egypt and carried back therefrom, papyrus, and the knowledge of how to make paper from it to Europe. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Parchment manufactured from the skins of young calves, kids, lambs, sheep, and goats, was an early rival of papyrus, and was known and used in Europe before papyrus was there introduced. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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