Maas's law [SEP] named after
Maas's law
In papyrology, Maas's law - named after classical scholar Paul Maas (1880–1964) - refers to the observation that columns in bookrolls often exhibit a forward tilt such that both edges of a column gradually move to the left as the column progresses. In other words, the bottommost line of the column of text is further to the left than the uppermost line. William Johnson has argued that this tilt was deliberate and formed part of the bookroll's design.
the Nazi government, and in 1939 he emigrated to Great Britain, where he taught classes at Oxford University. After his death, he was buried at Wolvercote Cemetery's Jewish section in Oxford. 
Maas's law.
Maas formulated Maas's law, an observation of the layout of bookrolls.
Works by Maas published in English.
- "Textual criticism" (1958), translation of "Textkritik", 1927.
- "Greek metre" (1962), translation of "Griechische metrik",