Papyrus Bookmark - Papyrus Plant
unpainted bookmark 5 cm x 19 cm
Bookmarks are an extremely inexpensive introduction to papyrus painting.
Very suitable for lessons, project work or as a gift.
Papyrus has been produced and used as a writing material in Ancient Egypt since the 3rd millennium BC. It was always a highly valued product whose sole marketing rights lay with the Pharaoh. The German word "Papier" goes back to the Greek word "pápyros", which in turn is based on the ancient Egyptian word "pa-en-per-aa", which roughly means "the pharaoh's".
Tip:
12 double fibre pens - article no. 2701
Protective cover with decorative ribbon - article no. 2172
PGI bookmark
made of hand laid papyrus, manufactured in Egypt
silkscreen motif, cut edge
can be coloured with pens and watercolours
| Aspiration scale: | Easy |
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| Time Line: | 0,5 Hour |
Papyrus plant
Papyrus has been produced and used as a writing material in Ancient Egypt since the 3rd millennium BC. It was always a highly valued product whose sole marketing rights lay with the Pharaoh. The German word "Papier" goes back to the Greek word "pápyros", which in turn is based on the ancient Egyptian word "pa-en-per-aa", which roughly means "the pharaoh's".
If papyrus is stored in a dry place, it has a very long life. Thus, papyrus scrolls or fragments that provided information about life in Ancient Egypt were and are still being found. The most famous papyrus scrolls are probably the Herculaneum Papyri, which were buried and preserved by the massive eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Another 400,000 papyri from the ancient Egyptian Oxyrhynchus are still waiting to be deciphered and will once again bring much of interest to light.
Julius Caesar is probably responsible for the greatest loss of knowledge in history. His soldiers set fire to the library of Alexandria, destroying thousands of important papyrus manuscripts.
Instructions for painting papyrus