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Scroll of Papyrus (5.1)

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals."(Revelation 5.1)

Papyrus Plant It was written "on the front and on the back." The roll may have been made from papyrus, which was made from the pith of a bulrush which grew in the delta of the Nile. The bulrush was about fifteen feet high, with six feet of it below the water; and it was as thick as a man's wrist.

Bulrush Pith

Bulrush leaves The pith was extracted and cut into thin strips with a very sharp knife. A row of strips was laid vertically; on the top of them another row of strips was laid horizontally; the whole was then moistened with Nile water and glue and pressed together. The resulting substance was beaten with a mallet and then smoothed with pumice stone; and there emerged a substance not unlike brown paper.

"The Revelation of John to Jesus Christ."

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