Difference between revisions of "Strasbourg Codex"
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| − | The Strasbourg Codex is a traditional medieval codex, | + | The Strasbourg Codex is a traditional medieval codex, defined as being a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials. The term is now usually only used of manuscript books, with hand-written contents, but describes the format that is now near-universal for printed books in the Western world. The book is usually bound by stacking the pages and fixing one edge to a bookbinding, which may just be thicker paper (paperback or softback), or with stiff boards, called a hardback, or in elaborate historical examples a treasure binding. |
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== History == | == History == | ||
| + | The history of the codex is long and complicated, it spans six centuries, the rise and fall of nations and most of European history. | ||
== Secrets == | == Secrets == | ||
Latest revision as of 00:05, 5 February 2019
Appearance
The Strasbourg Codex is a traditional medieval codex, defined as being a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials. The term is now usually only used of manuscript books, with hand-written contents, but describes the format that is now near-universal for printed books in the Western world. The book is usually bound by stacking the pages and fixing one edge to a bookbinding, which may just be thicker paper (paperback or softback), or with stiff boards, called a hardback, or in elaborate historical examples a treasure binding.
The book
History
The history of the codex is long and complicated, it spans six centuries, the rise and fall of nations and most of European history.
Secrets
