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Originally Posted by HarryT
Scrolls do have separate pages. Eg:
Their main disadvantage is that you have to rewind them after you've finished. One finds in Latin literature a number of insulting remarks about the rudeness of people who don't rewind their scrolls for the benefit of the next reader, after they've finished with them. |
I slouch corrected (I went to a comprehenisve, so I'm a=obliged to slouch)
Replace 'pages' with 'leaves' perhaps.
Incidentally, your comment is prima facie evidence that, despite all our prejudices, rudeness did not suddenly spring into being when we turned older.