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9780197260241

Birth of the Codex

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  • ISBN-13: 9780197260241
  • ISBN: 0197260241
  • Publication Date: 1984
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

AUTHOR

Roberts, Colin H., Skeat, T. C.

SUMMARY

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 edition gives fresh insight into the remarkable role the early Christian church played in the transformation of the printed word.Roberts, Colin H. is the author of 'Birth of the Codex', published 1984 under ISBN 9780197260241 and ISBN 0197260241.

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