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Open Scroll (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 Painting From this description, it will be seen that on one side the grain of the papyrus would run horizontally, that side being known as the "recto" and on that side the writing was done, as it was easier to write where the lines of the writing ran with the lines of the fibers. The side on which the fibers ran vertically was called the "verso" and was not so commonly used for writing.

Expensive Papyrus

document on papyrus But papyrus was an expensive substance. So, if a person had a great deal to write, he wrote both "on the front and on the back." This reminds me of the diaries of prisoners of war which were written on both sides of sheets of toilet paper for the same reason.

"The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John."

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