Originally, all of Tanac"h was written on parchment. Thus, all 5 Megillot read during the year were read from parchment.
Most minhagim that I have seen (Nusach Ahkenaz and Sefard) do not currently read any of the Megillot (i.e. - Eicha, Kohelet, etc.) from parchment, except for Megillat Esther.
(I know that there are some customs that still read all 5 from parchment, but it I snot the majority, as far as I know.)
Why and when did this custom change? And why is only Megillat Esther read from parchment?
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