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The role of the scroll : an illustrated introduction to scrolls in the Middle Ages

Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex-or book-became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the...

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Главный автор: Kelly, Thomas Forrest (Автор, VerfasserIn)
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company , [2019]
Редактирование:First edition
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Авторские замечания:Thomas Forrest Kelly
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Итог:Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex-or book-became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls?
Объем:xiii, 182 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780393285031
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