The Birth of the Codex (Proceedings of the British Academy) - Softcover

Roberts, Colin H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0197260616 ISBN 13: 9780197260616

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1988

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First published in 1954, this book examines the process by which the Codex--the traditional form of the western book--replaced the scroll as the primary vehicle for literature. Drawing upon evidence accumulated in the last thirty years, this revised edition gives fresh insight into the remarkable role the early Christian church played in the transformation of the printed word.

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In The Codex (published in 1954) Dr. Roberts studied how in the early centuries AD the roll was replaced as the vehicle for literature by the codex--the format of the book ever since. New evidence accumulated in the last thirty years has set some of the problems in a new light, and in The Birth of the Codex the authors reexamine the issues and offer a different explanation for the remarkable part played in the transformation by the early Christian Church.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0197260616
• ISBN 13: 9780197260616
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88
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