Re: THEAD & TFOOT for columns

Walter sent this to the www-html list:

>scrolling. I think this is based on gravity; if you go back in
>time to when scribes published on actual *scrolls*, the scroll
>orientation was usually vertical -- you could drop the lower
>scroll to the ground and then read whilst operating only the
>upper scroll. Try that with horizontal papyrus and your neck
>will hurt. ;)

I guess the principle of gravity escaped the wisdom of the Jews. ;)

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dave salovesh
darsal@tezcat.com

Received on Saturday, 16 August 1997 03:14:53 UTC