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DWIGHT E. PORTER
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THF M21 f ADRANT ,JQTQQQQ A 19 R HW ye? HISTORY OF BOOKS D1ptychs are dlrcct prototypes of our modern books Durlng the excavatxon of Pompeu 111 1873 a llrge collect1on of these vxerc found They resemble small slates and 1re of xxood one s1de of wh1ch 15 hollowed out to reee1ve a f1ll1ng of blackened wax Gencrxhy tvxo or more tablets are hmged together hence the1r name D1ptychs were vvr1tten w1th an 1ron stylus If 1ron could not be found bronze brass wood or bone w1s used 1n 1ts stead One end was po1nted to wr1te w1th and the other flat to erase Egypt Envland and Rome are r1ch 1n these etrly records of books The scroll was used for the more 1mDortant documents The Egyptlms bound papyrus sheets together 111 a long Stflp V from four to twelve 1I1Ll1CS w1de and from ten to twenty f1vc 'ml X feet long These rolls were bound at the end vuth wood and N gl 1 lcxther bteklng The Scrolls were conquered by the books it si the t11nc Cl1I'1St1 1n1ty conquered P1gan1sm A rlre form of roll 1S the Prtyer wheel the best known be 'wa mg the sm 111 hind ones of Thlbet although larger ones are 1n 6X1St GW enee The WFIIIIXQ 1S done l0I1g1tL1C.l1IlH.lly or the length of the roll These rolls were rolled up 1ns1de the prayer wheel and were never af' read but nearly always counted mm ,,..-- Incunabula the f1rst bound books were so crude and s1m ple that they were called cradle books They were bound 1n wood and the leaves 111 the form of a folded roll much as an accord1an 1 plarted The Sum mtrum btrk book IS a good example of the crude types of the flrst books Horn Books resemble D1pytLhS 1n that both were smgle page affa1rs md rbout the same shape and SIZE In the preparat1on of horns books a PILCL of wood metal or pewter was used for a backmg and a handle A plece of paper w1th the wr1t1ng or pr1nt1ng on lf was fastened onto the wood under a plece of horn usually spllt from the h1p bone of some anrmalj Str1ps of brass na1ls w1th fauceted tops and flat headed tacks were used 1n fastenmg the horn to the wood Th1S type of book form f- was used Ulltll about 1870 Common Prayers or the alphabet were the subject matter of most horn books The Ser1ptor1um was the room 111 whlch the monks transcr1bed the words read by other monks The room usuilly located above the chapter house L.Ol'11Ld1l'16d from 20 to 10 desks 8d1t1Ol'1S were llmlted to the number of desks No art1f1c1al l1ght was admltted to these rooms for fear of mjury to the or1g1nal manusenpt The reader ass1gned to th1s tisk because of h1s fam1l1ar1ty w1th the subject sat on a ra1sed platform and read w1thout 1nterm1ss1on for hours at a tune wh1le the monks it the desks cop1ed word for word h1 re lLl111g It IS eisy to understmd why many errors crept mto N! these books The Gutenberv Blble was the f1rst pr1nted Blble made It IS sometlmes known as the forty two l1ne Blbl number of llI1CS that appeared on the page o the Mazarln B1ble Cardlnal Mazarln of France belng the owner of the f1rst copy It was bound X L u W 'IIIW1 1n two volumes of 1287 pages and was a re mtrkable success for the young prmter John CJlltLl1l7L.I 1 s fxrst book The task took SIX years' l 2 Page Ezght -R , f X R f - 4 K 1 7 N . Q I . v s . . C . , ' 2 , . ,- ' s y s - ' I s s K E , 1 , , . e ' s '- ' s-J ' ' I 1 , .I s Z l y s ' s s , - ' I ' Y T ' ! 3 1 1 s ' ' ' I ' 1 . - K, , U , , , ,Z I X T - ' - -, e A - -117 1 . V 1 1 1Q'1+7 '1,f 1 - 1 . , 11 11 1 1 .1f:ga,:f1v ' 1. , , , , ' 1' ' N - ' -If Liga' Qgxg s. . . . ' - s s s .-, ' .' 1- LW K. T, 1 1 1 p . 1 --F '-1 -H M 24:1-' W , x . .E . i 3 x :LV . D , ba ef, NV: 2 s ' s k u , W A- - I L K 4 ' 'H-.'7.'-1. ' 'X ' I I A I 4 . VIA ' f N ' 1 ' 11111111 11 11 , , , ' ' V , - mf VI- ' Y 1 . I .Ti.r.Yllh'-H12 - I ' ' f ' , , a s A !l s 1 s , -Y ' -- -We.-.. ' , , if if Ili' . Q. ' - 5 1 , . l ' ' H - ' 2 2 . I lvl , . . 1 ' I 1 ' ' . 3 T' my C . .. l . ' 1. - , ' :E-if 1 51'-bl ,-1 ' A 1 ' 1 ' J E. 'fzf-f1f1Q '71 ' 1 ' - . . - q, N f s. 3 f: .g.4iTf 4 K 'ij .:- - 3 Q . . . . 1-.-1? ' T 1-g, ,- iz. c ' , . , , 1 ' ' v 1 1' ' r '1 rl'f1' 1 1x-'11 I ' ul n.-.1..-..- In '1 11 -, D l . . . . 1' 1.111111-111-ur I I fl, '1 - , , . M1 L 151.41111--4 r 4 I 114 dy. 1 . . . . r , -1 1......... , 1 111 1 1 A 4 ' ' -w..1....1114 -' W1 l ' ' . ' - lyf 1.1.11.1-s.-- W!! If 1 s 1 , ...1..,.1....., l 1' ,5'.1' 11 ' 2 ' A ' ' ' ' ' ' ui , V 1--1'-tl In A , A . . . , ld 11.14.141-.1 W II ! PM ly , . .... 1 Y A V . . 11, 1 1 1111 1 1 1,11 ,v ,, -1 1 1 '1 111111111n11f ,, ' - Y 5 I . z 1 - 1 1 , 1 ,., ll M Al if ' - V A . , . 3 1 3. l A 1 ' I rv . . 'J Q T A I H 3 D , r ,,', x . 'J-1 A 1. . , -:Q---f'f' 1 6 A N A Q., I -env 'N-fe 1 , , , . s fe.. . ' 151 e - ... ' c ' ' -T N ' ' . X 1 - 1 ' , ' fiiff 1 , , .X - ' - , z 4: s2'i15-L ,, - . fe-.- Y.
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