Editing Scroll (section)

{{Short description|Roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing and illustrations}}
{{Other uses}}
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[[Image:Joshua Roll.jpg|thumb|350px|''[[The Joshua Roll]]'', [[Vatican Library]]. An [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminated scroll]], probably of the 10th century, created in the Byzantine empire.]]
[[Image:Scroll.jpg|right|thumb|Scroll of the [[Book of Esther]], [[Seville]], [[Spain]]]]
[[File:Scroll ink materials.JPG|right|thumb|Ingredients used in making ink for Hebrew scrolls today]]
A '''scroll''' (from the Old French ''escroe'' or ''escroue''), also known as a '''roll''', is a roll of [[papyrus]], [[parchment]], or [[paper]] containing writing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beal|first=Peter|date=2008|title="scroll" in ''A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000''|publisher=Online edition. [[Oxford University Press]]|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602205448/http://www.oxfordreference.com/|archive-date=2 June 2013|access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref>