Seriousness Book of the Dead .

GeoffC · 11-02-2010, 09:42 AM

BBC Web link ....

Books used to be long in more ways than one.

Williamlk · 11-02-2010, 10:17 AM

THANKS A LOT!

I tried one of the spells. Now I am a divine snake with human legs!!!!!
My kids are running around the house screaming!

How do I reverse the spell? AHHHHHHHH!

poohbear_nc · 11-02-2010, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Williamlk

THANKS A LOT!

I tried one of the spells. Now I am a divine snake with human legs!!!!!
My kids are running around the house screaming!

How do I reverse the spell? AHHHHHHHH!

I guess they forgot to add "These spells are being performed by professional necromancers. Don't try this at home!"

Way cool story GeoffC!

dsvick · 11-02-2010, 11:07 AM

37 meters long!? Must have been a pretty big scroll bar on that one

Actually, though, I have to wonder why they found it easier to make long scrolls like that as opposed to individual pages.

GeoffC · 11-02-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by dsvick

37 meters long!? Must have been a pretty big scroll bar on that one

Actually, though, I have to wonder why they found it easier to make long scrolls like that as opposed to individual pages.

good point . so I went looking and discovered this ....

A scroll is usually divided up into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of papyrus or parchment glued together at the edges. It still doesn't explain why they chose to join them side by side, rather than one side only as in a book - unless that revelation came later - perhaps it was originally thought a scroll on two small posts was easier to handle and also to store ...

dsvick · 11-02-2010, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

good point . so I went looking and discovered this ....

A scroll is usually divided up into pages, which are sometimes separate sheets of papyrus or parchment glued together at the edges. It still doesn't explain why they chose to join them side by side, rather than one side only as in a book - unless that revelation came later - perhaps it was originally thought a scroll on two small posts was easier to handle and also to store ...

Good info - thanks.

It might have been easier to store and handle but it certainly didn't do anything for maintaining the condition of the material. Of course after several thousand years even flat books would have deteriorated.

GeoffC · 11-02-2010, 01:46 PM

roll up roll up, come an' get 'em ....

Freeshadow · 11-03-2010, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Williamlk

THANKS A LOT!

I tried one of the spells. Now I am a divine snake with human legs!!!!!
My kids are running around the house screaming!

How do I reverse the spell? AHHHHHHHH!

all your fault -spell reversal works only if the original spell has been read correctly
my copy speaks of "A snakelike thing of divine lenght between the legs"

GeoffC · 11-04-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Freeshadow

all your fault -spell reversal works only if the original spell has been read correctly
my copy speaks of "A snakelike thing of divine lenght between the legs"

tmi !

beppe · 11-04-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Williamlk

THANKS A LOT!

I tried one of the spells. Now I am a divine snake with human legs!!!!!
My kids are running around the house screaming!

How do I reverse the spell? AHHHHHHHH!

was not that, the most celestial music?

Usually you reverse those spells, drinking water from a glass upside down. Or is it for hiccups? Try.

With the kids is easy. A fog horn.

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Williamlk Guru Posts: 624 Karma: 700001 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New York Device: kindle	THANKS A LOT! I tried one of the spells. Now I am a divine snake with human legs!!!!! My kids are running around the house screaming! How do I reverse the spell? AHHHHHHHH!

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dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	37 meters long!? Must have been a pretty big scroll bar on that one Actually, though, I have to wonder why they found it easier to make long scrolls like that as opposed to individual pages.

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