plant identified with Lower Egypt; writing material made from the pith of the plant; a document written on such paper
an Egyptian plant that was used for making paper. The flower of this plant was a popular decoration.
A tall reed that grows in the River Nile, used to make a kind of paper.
A durable writing material in roll, sheet or book form made from a giant sedge, Cyperus papyrus. To produce papyrus, the pith of the plant is sliced into strips that are laid out in a row with the edges slightly overlapping. Another row is then laid crosswire on top of the first. Next, the two layers are moistened with water and pounded into a sheet of writing material, smoothed and then dried. Papyrus was used as a writing material by the Egyptians since the beginning of the third century B.C. Beginning in the second century A.D. It was produced in Egypt in large quantities and transported throughout the ancient world. In time papyrus was replaced by parchment, which was in turn was replaced by paper.
(papyri) a writing material (not paper as we know it) made from the Papyrus plant found in the Nile marshes.
water plant used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans to make a paper-like material on which to write
The term papyrus may be used to denote either the reed which grows in marshes along the Nile river, or the writing material made from the plant. Plural papyri.
A water reed once abundant in Egypt. It was processed into a form of paper used for important records.
A writing surface made of the pith of the papyrus plant, used primarily in Egypt and other arid climates for several thousand years, ending only when paper became readily available in the eighth century in Egypt.
A paper-like writing material made from thin sripts from the pith of the papyrus reed, growing along the Nile. Used until 11th century. Has become a name for a font.
Papyrus is a tall reed that grows in the marshy areas around the Nile River. The fibers from the papyrus plant were used to make sheets for writing.
An aquatic plant that grows in marshes along the Nile. The species of papyrus grown during pharaonic times is now extinct.
A reed growing in the Nile, made into a paper by pasting split fibres at right angles
A writing material made from the pith of a giant sedge found in the region of the Nile and used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. It was made by placing strips of pith-the nearer the centre the higher the quality-in a row and then overlaying them with another row placed at right angles to the first. These were moistened and beaten or pressed: a process which released natural gum and provided adhesion. The earliest recorded specimen was found in a tomb of around 3000 B.C.
Ancient "paper" made from the pith of a plant that grew in the marshes of Egypt.
paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
A plant native to northern Africa, from which "paper" sheets are made by peeling its layers and layering those strips on top of one another. Often referred to as the first paper, technically papyrus is not a paper at all as the individual plant fibers do not mesh.
Considered to be the everlasting paper as it has been found in perfect condition in tombs and temples dating back to 2700 B.C., papyrus has been used for painting, writing with a variety of inks and bookbinding. After the style of the ancient Egyptians, the pith of the papyrus plant is cut into thin strips and soaked in water. The hydrated strips are then cut to the length of the sheet to be made. With cotton sheets to absorb the water, parallel strips are topped with an equal number of perpendicular strips to create a sheet. Dark Papyrus is soaked longer in water to achieve a darker colour and a less solid sheet.
material for writing on; made of crisscrossed sections of the papyrus plant found chiefly in Egypt, paper of the ancients
the writing surface of Egyptian scribes, made from the pith of papyrus stalks separated into strips that were flattened and placed side by side, slightly overlapping. On top of this layer, another layer of strips was placed at right angles to the first. The surface was then repeatedly pounded to make it smooth. The plant juices released in the pounding caused the strips to adhere to each other permanently without the aid of glue. In art, images of papyrus plants symbolized the world, which arose from the primeval waters at the time of creation. The plant was also the heraldic symbol of Lower Egypt.
An aquatic plant used by the Egyptians for many purposes, including the making of columns and paper.
a predecessor of modern paper used in ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome, made from parts of the Mediterranean sedge plant.
A reed paper produced in Egypt and exported to much of the known world during the period of the inspired Christian writers. Undoubtedly, the Greek Scriptures were originally written on this material. The manuscripts written on this material are called Papyri.
The plant from which paper was made until the Middle Ages
A reed, today almost vanished from Egypt, but once plentiful and characteristic of the land. It provided the model for pillars, material for light boats, mats, ropes, sandels, baskets. When fine strips were cut from its pith, laid one upon the other and pressed, an excellent writing paper was produced. These were the famous papyrus scrolls.
writing membrane made from the stem fibres of reeds beaten together in layers at right angles
The Egyptians used this aquatic plant to create a writing sheet by peeling apart the plant's tissue-thin layers and stacking them in overlapping, cross-hatched pieces to form a sheet. Despite giving us the word "paper," papyrus is not a true paper.
An ancient Egyptian writing surface made from the plant of the same name.
Writing material that is made from the papyrus plant; not animal skins.
A water plant, the papyrus symbolizes the primeval marshes of the creation story. The heraldic plant of Lower Egypt, it was used to decorate columns in temples built by the pharaohs.
an aquatic plant native to Egypt, from whose stems a type of paper was made
a type of reed plentiful on the Nile Delta
An ancient writing material made from stems of the papyrus plant. Although the word ‘paper' is derived from papyrus, papyrus itself is not paper in the normal sense.
Type of paper cut from a plant bears the same name used by Pharaohs for writing. Gk.
The main Egyptian writing material, and an important export. The earliest papyrus dates to the Ist Dynasty, the latest to the Islamic Period. Oddly enough, the papyrus plant became extinct in Egypt, being reintroduced in the 1960's, it is now an important link in the tourist trade. Sheets were made by cutting the stem of the plant into strips. These strips were soaked in several baths to remove some of the sugar and starches. These strips were then laid in rows horizontally and vertically. Then it was beaten together, activating the plant's natural starches and forming a glue that bound the sheet together. Separate sheets were glued together to form a roll.
Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Papyrus usually grows 2-3 meters (5-9 feet) tall, although some have reached as high as 5 meters (15 feet). Papyrus is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt (at least as far back as the First dynasty), but it was also widely used throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as inland parts of Europe and south-west Asia.