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Paper

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Sheet for writing and wrapping made from pulp. Not papyrus as reed sheet, and not parchment as skin.

  • Paper is historically related to Papyrus.

    Pliny’s Natural History describes papyrus sheets as the classical writing support that later paper traditions receive and replace. A named paper historically related to papyrus, not papyrus as the reed plant alone and not parchment as skin.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    historically related to · sourced · documented

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