Taking ten inch lengths of the papyrus reeds, they cut them into long, thin, vertical slices, and laid these across each other in the form of a small mat between sheets of blotting paper.
When at last it was dry, the alternate layers of the papyrus had adhered together and amalgamated into a substance identical with the old Egyptian parchment, though much coarser and rougher in quality.
On the way back the second boat made a halt to cut some pieces of papyrus reed, and Dulcie called out in much excitement to the occupants of the other "barcas.
Up the narrow little river the light boats pushed, under an overhanging archway of papyrus reeds, so that they seemed as if penetrating through a green jungle.
But before he went farther, he took the precaution of dropping small pieces of papyrus to show him the way back.
You must not strew pieces of papyrus on the ground," said Phater with an inscrutable smile.
When I look at that table and couch, that in former days I made with my own hands, that black, dried head, these rolls of papyrus filled with the sayings of God, I seem to see the belongings of a dead man.
For that reason, I cannot see a tuft of papyrus by the side of still waters without my soul being imbued with melancholy.
In the papyrus of Anhai, over the Standard of the West, which crowns the Solar Mount and supports the hawk Ra-Harmachis, two winged Hori appear as the protecting principle.
In the papyrus of Hunefer (Book of the Dead) a winged Utchat, with Eye of Horus, waves the fan emblem over the head of Osiris.
It seems not unlikely that these boats may have also been bound round on the outside to give them additional strength, after the manner of the papyrus floats above described.
The peculiar elevated ends of the papyrus floats are almost identical in form, but not in structure, with those now used in parts of India, especially on the Ganges; and the word junk is said to be related to juncus, a bulrush.
The solid papyrusboats represented on the pavement at Praeneste, before mentioned, have evidently some other substance on the outside of them; and Bruce imagines that the junks of the Red Sea were of papyrus, covered with leather.
But the boats 'woven of' the papyrus, mentioned by Pliny, certainly refer to something more complex than the papyrus bundle above described.
Mr. Hogg, in his paper, gives several illustrations of improved forms of these solidpapyrus floats, derived from a mosaic pavement discovered in the Temple of Fortune at Praeneste.
Mr. John Jeremiah, contains some useful information on the subject of Egyptian papyrus vessels.
Part of Ebers’ papyrus in Egyptian hieratic characters containing eleven dental prescriptions.
From some indications existing in the papyrus itself, Ebers has been able to argue, with quasi certainty, that the papyrus was written toward the year 1550 B.
The Ebers’ papyrusis written in hieratic characters.
Ebers’ papyrus was written, the dental art in Egypt had made remarkable progress, and was exercised by specialists.
The translator of the papyrus remarks that by the “upper part of the flesh” is to be understood the gum.
Part of Ebers’ papyrus in Egyptian hieratic characters containing three dental prescriptions.
By confronting all the passages of the papyrus in which one finds the word uxedu, Joachim deduces that it does not indicate any special disease, but has the general signification of “a painful swelling.
Here is meant the paper made ofpapyrus and called in Latin charta.
The rushy papyrus formed the couches; bread was their only meat, water their drink, salt the seasoning, and cresses the delicacy.
But this manufactured papyrus was much weaker and less lasting than that made after the old and more simple fashion.
The treaty was written on papyrus and nailed up in this temple.
All the wisdom of Greece, written on rolls of brittle papyrus or tough parchment, was ranged in boxes on the shelves.
He had gained great riches by trade with India; and had a paper trade so profitable that he used to boast that he could feed an army on papyrus and glue.
For this purpose parchment was coming into use, though the old papyrus was still used, as an inexpensive though less lasting writing material.
At a later period, the stronger fibre of flax was used in the manufacture, but the date of this improvement is also unknown, because at first the paper so made, like that made from the papyrus fibre, was also too weak to last.
Between the papyrus of the third century, and the strong paper of the eleventh century, no books remain to us but those written on parchment.
It has a grand portico, upheld by four rows of massive columns, with capitals in the form of papyrus flowers.
Already the papyrus on which books were written was, for the most part, a manufactured article and might claim the name of paper.
We find among the Theban ruins pieces of papyrus with inscriptions, describing the positions of the heavens at particular hours in this reign, for the astrologers therewith to calculate the nativities of the persons then born.
A few days later some of the Saints in Kirtland purchased the mummies and rolls of papyrus of Mr. Chandler; and the Prophet Joseph with W.
LOVE SONGS Some of the prettiest Egyptian poetry is contained in a papyrus of the XVIIIth Dynasty at the British Museum.
It is to the Vth Dynasty also that the second collection of *'Proverbs' in the Prisse Papyrus is dated.
At the point at which the mutilated papyrus begins, we find that Ahura is telling Setna the story of her life.
It is a marvel that the delicatepapyrus on which the hymn is written should have been preserved for nearly 5,000 years.
To dissuade Setna from abstracting the book, Ahura tells him how they had become possessed of it, and had paid for it with their earthly lives; and it is with her tale that the papyrus begins.
The first book of *'Proverbs' in the Prisse Papyrus is attributed by its writer to the end of the IIId Dynasty (about 4000 B.
The papyrus on which it has been preserved to us, and which is in the British Museum, is much mutilated, and the end is entirely lost.
The series is contained in a papyrus now preserved in the museum at Gizeh and in very perfect condition.
The rank of a scribe is princely; his writing outfit and his papyrus roll bring comfort and wealth.
Its banks are low, and a dense wall of papyrus encircles it.
So thickly did the papyrus grow, that when beat down it supported their small temporary huts, though when they walked from one hut to another, it heaved and bent beneath their feet as thin ice does at home.
A dense and impenetrable forest of the papyrus was left standing between them and the land, and no one passing by on the same side would ever have suspected that human beings lived there.
In descending the Shire, we found concealed in the broad belt of papyrus round the lakelet Pamalombe, into which the river expands, a number of Manganja families who had been driven from their homes by the Ajawa raids.
It is probable that certain portions of this papyruswere composed not much later than the oldest book in the world, and that they date from nearly 3000 B.
It exists as the famous Prisse Papyrus in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
The papyrus insists very much on the value of history-taking in medicine, and hints that the reason why physicians fail to cure is often because they have not studied their cases sufficiently.
She proclaims that "The Papyrus Club [of Boston] is known to men of letters and attainments everywhere.
This papyrus is as interesting and as startling in its anticipation of some of our modern medical wisdom as is the Instruction of Ptah Hotep in the practical wisdom of life.
The Ebers Papyrus shows us that the specialties were by no means scantily developed.
Prisse presented the precious papyrus to the {33} Bibliotheque Royale (now Nationale).
One of them was that anything surrounded by papyrus would be safe from the crocodiles which infested the river.
Some of these papyrus rolls were found fastened together with paper of coarser texture, of that quality which the ancients called emporetica, and these probably formed the parts and books of an entire work.
Wreaths of papyrus crowned these dishes with their green foliage.
Yes, I shall learn your story, you lovely dead; for that papyrus pressed close to your heart by your lovely arm surely contains it.
Undoubtedly, my lord, we have robbed Master Argyropoulos," said he to Evandale, as he pointed out the differences between the papyrus and the usual ritual.
Suddenly a papyrusroll concealed between the side and arm of the mummy caught the doctor's eye.
There was no moon that night, and the thick papyrus would in any case have been sufficient to conceal the young girl, who remained somewhat behind.
The Greek snatched from his hand a roll of papyrus covered with Phoenician writing.
The wind lifted their veils, and the slender stems of the papyrus plant rocked gently.
The priests played nearly stifled chords on their lyres from time to time, and in the intervals of the music might be heard the tinkling of the little golden chain, and the regular patter of her papyrus sandals.
One of the statues is of a man holding a roll of papyrus in his hand, with a round manuscript case, scrinium, at his feet.
On the top of the chest is a roll of papyrus with a pair of scales; oil was sold by weight.
Here belong also the groups in which figures are seen with a roll of papyrus or a writing tablet, suggestive of literary pursuits, and figures with musical instruments.
A much better material, vellum, began to take the place of papyrus in the third century; but did not come into common use till the fourth.
This was thoroughly Egyptian, as some exactly similar cases have been found in a papyrus dated in the eighth year of Menephthah, generally thought to be the Pharaoh of the Exodus.
Judging from a well-known Egyptian painting, which represents a hunter in the act of harpooning the hippopotamus, the tall papyrus reeds are the plants that are signified by this word, which occurs in no other place in the Scriptures.
Behind the hippopotamus are the tall and dense reeds and papyrusunder the shelter of which the animal loves to lie, and on the surface of the water float the beautiful white flowers of the lotus.
The papyrus extends right across to the east side.
We shot two bitterns, but in endeavouring to retrieve them I slipped from the root on which I was standing, and was drawn down in a moment, only saving myself from drowning by my gun, which had providentially caught across a papyrus stem.
The papyrus runs from ten to fifteen or sixteen feet in height, so that the Herons are at no loss for suitable spots whereon to place their nests.
From some remarks, let fall by Judge Collins, Rob had an idea they might be papyrus records found in some old ancient tomb or pyramid, and said to have come down from thousands of years back.
Can it be possible that Professor McEwen intrusted those priceless papyrus relics to the care of two mere boys?
Vase for cosmetics, in shape of column with papyrus capital.
There can be no doubt that the unbroken text of Codex B, (resembling the style of the papyrus of Hyperides published by Mr. Babington,) is the more ancient.
But thispapyrus might be of as late a period as the second century of our era.
The so-called Esopic apologue of the Lion and the House is found in an Egyptian papyrus preserved at Leyden.
The following extract from a papyrus which belonged to a priest of Amon, named Horsiesis of Thebes, of the time of Augustus, affords an extremely interesting insight of the mysterious ceremonial which had gradually developed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "papyrus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: grass; oats; paper; parchment; scroll; stationery; wheat
