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mentions in Ancilla to Classical Learning (p. 7) that: “Papyrus
made into rolls continued to be the regular material for books
until the introduction, mainly by Christians for the convenience
of having the Gospels in a single volume, of the codex form and
hence of vellum which is more suitable to that form.” He adds:
the codex, which is in effect the modern book, consisting
of leaves arranged in quires, is obviously more compact
than a roll. . . . could be reduced to the convenient size of
a pocket edition, and that advantage is usually taken to
explain the general adoption of the codex form by
Christians in the fourth century . . . but through the third
century the great majority of pagan remains are in rolls,
while the great majority of Christian works are in codex
form. The usual size of the codex was about 10 by 7
inches.