### q3 bookmaking in antiquity mostly used papyrus > For most of antiquity the majority of book production, whether in bookroll form (as was most common for Classical literature up to the end of the 3rd century CE) or as a codex (as was most common for Christian literature of all periods, Classical literature after the 3rd century CE), used papyrus. Although an older assumption still sometimes circulates about the expense of using papyrus, that’s been quite thoroughly debunked at this point, and we have no reason to think that papyrus as a material was prohibitively expensive for book production. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fgy1wy3bejt8yfr3mnjzzsmh) - [[bookstores in ancient Rome#q3 bookmaking in antiquity mostly used papyrus|View in Vault]]