All 19 Uses of
papyrus
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Any information to be inserted is first written on a papyrus scroll.†
Chpt 47-48 *
- Papyrus.†
Chpt 47-48
- I know sheep's vellum was more durable and more common in those days, but it had to be papyrus.†
Chpt 47-48
- Before the papyrus was inserted into the cryptex's compartment, it was rolled around a delicate glass vial.†
Chpt 47-48
- Vinegar and papyrus, Sophie thought.†
Chpt 47-48
- If someone attempted to force open the cryptex, the glass vial would break, and the vinegar would quickly dissolve the papyrus.†
Chpt 47-48
- Sophie could see it contained photographs of what appeared to be magnified passages of ancient documents—tattered papyrus with handwritten text.†
Chpt 57-58
- If the dials were properly aligned with the password, then one of the ends would slide off, much like a lens cap, and she could reach inside and remove the rolled papyrus document, which would be wrapped around the vial of vinegar.†
Chpt 77-78
- Strangely, though, the paper around the vinegar was not the customary delicate papyrus but rather, vellum.†
Chpt 77-78
- That's not papyrus," Teabing said.†
Chpt 77-78
- The vinegar was streaming now, and Teabing pictured the papyrus dissolving within.†
Chpt 101-102
- No dissolving papyrus.†
Chpt 101-102
- Without blinking, Langdon reached into the breast pocket of his tweed coat and carefully extracted a delicate rolled papyrus.†
Chpt 101-102
- As the sound of heavy footsteps thundered down the hall toward the Chapter House, Langdon quietly rolled the papyrus and slipped it back in his pocket.†
Chpt 101-102
- The papyrus verse was locked safely at its core—minus the shattered vial of vinegar.†
Chpt 103-104
- Langdon looked down and realized he was holding Saunière's papyrus.†
Chpt 105
- He glanced at the papyrus in Marie's hand, and then back at Rosslyn.†
Chpt 105
- Langdon motioned to the papyrus in her hand.†
Chpt 105
- She unrolled the papyrus and read the poem aloud in a deliberate tone.†
Chpt 105
Definition:
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(papyrus) a type of paper first used by ancient Egyptians
or more rarely:
a tall grass-like plant growing naturally in the Nile valley (from which the above paper was made)