Sentence examples for scroll of parchment from inspiring English sources

He said: "The launch of this new design is the latest step in an evolutionary process that began even before the time of Shakespeare with a simple scroll of parchment being issued as the first passport in 1378".

In the second model, the parchment model, a single sheet of graphite is rolled around itself, just like a scroll of parchment or a rolled newspaper.

The head-tefillin has four separate compartments in each of which one scroll of parchment is placed.

Once she'd laid some knowledge on me, I dipped my quill into an ink pot Jim had supplied and tried to scribble a few meaningful paragraphs down on a scroll of parchment, which my dutiful assistant then typed and posted to the VICE site.

It is the cast list for his upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and it is impressive the long scroll of parchment flows off the edge of his desk and out his office door, spilling names like Dakota Fanning and Burt Reynolds and Kurt Russell out into the hall.

I explained that the boxes were tefillin and contained scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah.

And the mezuzah contains inside of it mini-scrolls of parchment with the words of the Shema (Hear!) handwritten on it.

Tefillin (Askhenazic: ; Israeli Hebrew:, ) also called phylacteries ( from Ancient Greek φυλακτήριον phylacterion, form of phylássein, φυλάσσειν meaning "to guard, protect") are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers.

When he discovers he's a wizard, Harry is swept off to a school where he learns about these fantastical creatures, as well as magical herbs and powerful potions gleaned from old scrolls of parchment and a library packed with yellowing old books.

Manuscript scroll, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the Greek Orthodox Office of Holy Communion, a series of prayers, hymns and verses intended for private recitation before, during and after taking communion.

The Torah is more than a scroll of animal-skin parchment containing the first five books of the Old Testament, explained Rabbi Vinas, 30, who has been a scribe for eight years.