Scroll

In cultures like China and Japan, scrolls persisted longer for art, calligraphy, and religious texts like Buddhist sutras. The world's oldest dated printed book is a 16-foot-long Chinese scroll of the Diamond Sutra from 868 C.E.. Physical Structure and Layout

Scrolls represent one of the earliest forms of record-keeping and literature. Scroll

The oldest surviving scrolls are made of papyrus, a plant native to Egypt that was the dominant writing material for the Mediterranean world starting around 3000 B.C.E.. In cultures like China and Japan, scrolls persisted