A scroll is a roll of parchment, papyrus, or paper, which has been drawn or written upon. Scroll may also refer to: Art Scroll (art), an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, often based on plants Scrollwork, ornament dominated by scrolls (motifs), found in a variety of artistic media Scroll painting, a painting on a scroll (media) in Asian traditions, distinguishing between: Handscroll, such a painting in horizontal format Hanging scroll, such a painting in vertical format News Scroll.in, an Indian news website Web services Scroll (web service), a web service that disables ads on partner websites in exchange for a subscription fee Other Scroll (music), the decoratively curved end of the pegbox of string instruments such as violins Scrolling (video and computing), the continuous movement of text/graphics over a video screen or display window on touchscreens, a single or multi-touch gesture, done by swiping one's finger(s) vertically Scroll, a ruled surface in a rational normal scroll in algebraic geometry Scroll, a traditional pattern used in danish pastry Scroll pump (engineering), a type of rotary positive displacement pump See also Scrolls (video game), a video game by Mojang The Scrolls, an American musical octet