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Hi Elentari, I'm subbing your fine Entry. First question, is it supposed to begin like this:
<< Oh, also - another reason codices are more durable than scrolls is because the rolling and unrolling stresses the material, eventually causing it to wear out and break. >>


GB <./>SubEditor</.>

Um, no. When someone makes a suggestion for an addition in PR, I copy and paste it into the top of the entry and then delete it when I've added the suggestion. Here, I've made the change but forgotten to delete the sentence.

"In ancient times, most information of some length was written on a roll. These were made of long sheets of parchment or papyrus (usually the latter) glued together. Usually only one side was written on and they were rolled up to be stored, with the writing on the inside to protect it. Contrary to how they are usually shown in films, rolls were read horizontally, with the rest of the text rolled up protectively on either side of the section being read."

I've put way too many 'usually's in that bit.

At the end of

"It was impractical to attach too many tablets together, so the Romans began to use small notebooks of similar design. These used parchment sheets instead of wax tablets – similar to modern notebooks."

could you add

"This was the origin of the book in its modern form." please? I feel like that needed to be clearer.

I thought it was something like that

Done and fixed those "usually" and added the extra sentence. Hows it looking now?

Cracking, thanks.

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I've got the badge now.

Excellent

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