Parchment manuscript (6)
I believe the answer is:
scroll
'parchment manuscript' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for scroll that I've seen before include "Roll (of parchment. etc)" , "Coiled parchment or paper" , "Parchment (as from the Dead Sea?)" , "Roll of paper - move text up and down" , "Rolled-up document, as one from the Dead Sea perhaps" .)