The Greeks had no word to describe this early notebook so they borrowed the Latin word membranae Name: Four leaves of a wooded writing tablet Location: The British Museum GR1888.9-20 Paul requested Timothy that he bring with him ‘my scrolls, especially the parchments’ (2 Timothy 4:13). The word for ‘parchments’ is a Latin word (membranae) and it referred to an early form of notebook of parchment or wood with fold-over leaves. Paul’s many and long letters, all well before