. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . ing—our word paper is derived. The old-est documents which contain the writings ofa Semitic race are probably the bricks ofNineveh and Babylon, which are coveredwith inscriptions. Tablets of wood, of lead,and of brass were also employed. The Jewsalso engraved writing upon gems or Before the manufacture of paperthe Chinese wrote upon thin boards, with asharp tool. Reeds and canes are still usedas writing i
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . ing—our word paper is derived. The old-est documents which contain the writings ofa Semitic race are probably the bricks ofNineveh and Babylon, which are coveredwith inscriptions. Tablets of wood, of lead,and of brass were also employed. The Jewsalso engraved writing upon gems or Before the manufacture of paperthe Chinese wrote upon thin boards, with asharp tool. Reeds and canes are still usedas writing implements among the Tartars;and the Persians and other Orientals writeon leaves, or the bark of trees. The Greeksand Romans occasionally engraved their lawson tablets of brass. Even before the days ofHomer tablet-books were made of wood cutin thin slices, which were painted and pol- 1 Gen, v., 1; Dan. vii., 10; Matt, i., 1; Rev. xx., 12.—2 Exod. xxxix., 30. BOTTLE 129 BOTTLE ished; and the pen was an iron instrument,called a style. In later times, these surfaceswere waxed over, that the writing might beobliterated for further use. Tablet-bookswere not discontinued til
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