Of course, your character can invent the codex at any time papyrus was available. The material will eventually crumble along the fold. The thick fibres make it difficult, though not impossible to fold. It's an okay writing surface, though not as nice and smooth as vellum or paper. It's made by pasting layers of plant fibre together, horizontal over vertical. If you've never worked with papyrus, it is a rather thick, quite heavy duty material. Also, you can see clearly that the papyrus fold is not as tight as that obtainable with either rag or wood pulp paper. During the process, one can hear the snapping of the vertical fibres and feel the slightly jagged edge where the layer separated.
A detail taken from the Papyrus Bodmer 100 scoll. A vignette from the Papyrus Cairo JE 95658 scroll. Medjed is depicted on centre-left, with both feet facing the right. The back side of the same region before folding:Īs you can see, the papyrus is folded. A vignette from the Greenfield papyrus, sheet 76. Here at the Practical Geopoetry Foundation, we have obtained a fresh, unfolded papyrus scroll, fresh from the antiquities market of old Cairo:Ī detail of the area to be folded, showing the large strands of fibre: The answer(s) are no it can't and yes it will break. Your question is can papyrus be creased as tightly as paper can, or does it break? Although you've already gotten basic answers, I'll address the specifics of your question.Īs others have stated, yes papyrus can be "folded" and yes, papyrus can be "folded" into books.
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