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The Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland. Browse through over 3'000 fully digitized manuscripts on your iPhone and iPad. Over 1'000'000 pages in high resolution. Bookmark, download and view manuscripts offline. Includes scholarly manuscript descriptions from official catalogs. Explore medieval and early modern manuscripts from Swiss collections on iPhone and iPad. Browse illuminated codices, papyri, fragments, liturgical books, literary works, scientific texts, and even modern autographs such as Albert Einstein’s. The collection spans many centuries and languages, from Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Sanskrit, and Persian to French, English, Old High German and even Nahuatl.

Ancient Scrolls is an offline manuscript library where Scroll Context Cards place material science, geographic origin, and era context beside every passage you read. • Browse a curated catalog: filter by era, region, and writing surface (papyrus, parchment, bark) to match your research topic. • Open the Scroll Reader: adjust typography, bookmark passages, and expand provenance cards without leaving the text. • Explore the Era Timeline: jump from dynasties and empires to linked scrolls in chronological context. • Build Collections: save favorites, follow curated reading paths, and reorder lists for seminar packets. • Use the Study Desk: attach passage-level notes, tag themes, and export your annotations from the device. Offline-first: bundled scroll excerpts, bookmarks, collections, and study notes stay on your iPhone or iPad. Optional catalog updates can merge public-domain supplements from Wikisource when you tap Update Catalog in Settings; notes are not uploaded in v1. • Map approximate find-spots for scroll origins when you enable the origin map toggle. • Continue Reading resumes your last manuscript from the Library home screen. Built for students, museum visitors, and readers who want sources understood in their historical and physical setting—not a generic document scanner.