Rotulus

A rotulus (plural rotuli) or rotula (pl. rotulae) is often referred to as a "vertical roll[1]," is a long and narrow strip of writing material, historically papyrus or parchment, that is wound around a wooden axle or rod.[2] Rotuli are unwound vertically so that the writing runs parallel to the rod,[3] unlike the other kind of roll, called a "scroll", whose writing runs perpendicular to the rod in multiple columns.

"Rotula" redirects here. For other uses, see Rotula (disambiguation).
Volumen y Rotulus

Historical use
Roman portraiture frescos from Pompeii, 1st century AD, depicting two different men wearing laurel wreaths, one holding the rotulus (left), the other a volumen (right).

Specific legal records in Europe, from which is still derived the title of the judicial functionary denominated the "Master of the Rolls", and the Byzantine Empire.[4]

Rotuli also have been used as Liturgical manuscripts, e.g., those used for chanting the Exultet.

Additionally, mortuary rolls, i.e., documents memorializing the names of all the deceased members of a monastery or other institution, which were banded together and circulated so that they could mutually pray for the repose of each other's decedents.[4]

See also

References
  1. Cellard, Élénore (2019-12-21). "Ancient Qur'ān Scrolls" (Twitter thread) (published Dec 21, 2019). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. Grout, James. "Scroll and Codex". Encyclopaedia Romana.
  3. "What's On?: From Roll to Codex". Bodleian Libraries. University of Oxford.
  4. Daly, Lloyd W. (April 1973). "Rotuli: Liturgy Rolls and Formal Documents". Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. University of Pennsylvania. 14 (3): 333–338 – via GRBS.
Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Rotuli". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
    • Léopold Victor Delisle, Rouleaux des morts du IX au XV siecle (Paris, 1866);
    • ____, in Bibl. de l'ecole des Chartes, series II, vol. III; Sur l'usage de prier pour les morts;
    • Thurston, A Mediaeval Mortuary-card in The Month (London, Dec., 1896);
    • Nichols in Mem. Archaeolog. Institute (Norwich, 1847);
    • Molinier, Obituaires français au moyen-âge (Paris, 1886);
    • Ebner, Gebetsverbruderungen (Freiburg, 1891);
    • Wattenbach, Schriftwesen im Mittelalter (3rd ed., Leipzig), 150-74.
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