WhilethepapyrusplanthasalmostvanishedfromEgypt，itstillgrowsinNubiaandAbyssinia。ItisrelatedbytheArabtraveler，Ibn-Haukal，thatinthetenthcentury，intheneighborhoodofPalermoinSicily，thepapyrusplantgrewwithluxurianceinthePapirito，astreamtowhichitgaveitsname。
DuCange，1376，citesthefollowinglinesfromaFrenchmetricalromance，writtenaboutthattime，toshowthatwaxentabletscontinuedtobeoccasionallyusedtillalateperiod：
“SomewithantiquatedstyleInwaxentabletspromptlywrite；
Otherswithfinerpen，thewhileFormlettersloveliertothesight。”
ThelawsofGreecewerepromulgatedbymeansofMSS。onlinen，astheywerealsoinRome，andinadditiontolinen；clothandsilkwereoccasionallyused。