Biology 2217B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Liliopsida, Flowering Plant, Vellum
18 Sep 2019
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The following is a list of pre-paper media developed by early humans: wood, metal. Between papyrus and paper, vellum or parchment was used for documents and books - all hand made! Papyrus: developed before 2,200 b. c. by the egyptians was not considered true paper, does not qualify as paper was due to the way it is formed from a liquid suspension of individual fibers into a mat or sheet. Slicking the plant"s stalk from end-to-end into very thin blades and then laminating them into something of a weave. It appears similar to cloth: kingdom: plantae, division: magnoliophyta, class: liliopsida, order: poales. Paper: the word is derived from papyrus (ca 2500 bc), quite a different product to the paper of today. Late 900"s - playing cards invented paper necessary for the production of books. Early paper-making in europe: the invention of paper reached europe from china via the moors (~1150 ad), after reaching the middle east (~800 ad)
