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A scroll (from the Old French escroe or escroue), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing.

The distinctive scroll found at the top of fine violins, violas and cellos is a purely decorative woodcarving that showcases the violinmaker's skill as a maker and craftsman. The concept originated in the Baroque era.

The usual dimensions were from nine to 11 inches high and 20 to 30 feet in length, although some scrolls were only five inches high, while others reached 15 inches. The length varied according to the work's length or the type of writing.

By the fourth century AD, Christianity had triumphed, and the codex completely replaced the scroll, just as, in time, parchment replaced papyrus. It was a development in the history of the book as monumental as the invention of printing a thousand years later.

A scroll is the decoratively carved beginning of the neck of certain stringed instruments, mainly members of the violin family. The scroll is typically carved in the shape of a volute (a rolled-up spiral) according to a canonical pattern, although some violins are adorned with carved heads, human and animal.

a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament. something, especially an ornament, resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper or having a spiral or coiled form.

In general, maple is used for back plate, rib, neck and scroll, while spruce is an ideal wood for the front plate of a violin.

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The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are plant-scrolls, which loosely represent plant forms such as vines, with leaves or flowers attached.

The Romans eventually found the scroll too cumbersome for lengthy works and developed the codex, which is the formal name for the modern style of book, with individual pages bound together.

The use of scrolls never completely disappeared, but moved to the background. Scrolls are still used for ceremonial texts or decoration, especially in Asian and Islamic cultures. These scrolls were often elaborately decorated with calligraphic writing that included the use of embossing and pigments.

A horizontal scroll bar enables the user to scroll the content of a window to the left or right. A vertical scroll bar enables the user to scroll the content up or down.