COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bradshaw Rock Paintings, Scriptorium, Written Language
9 Sep 2016
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Books allowed ideas to spread, encouraged the standardization of language and spelling, Human speech could be 1. 75 million years" old. Written language developed about 5,500-7,500 years ago. The capacity to write existed long before writing developed: symbol use predates written language. What brought about the need for written language: settlements grow substantially. Papyrus: plant-based, developed by egyptians in 3100 bc, not strong so cannot last long. Parchment: goat or sheep skin, origins debated. Paper: made from cotton rags or wood pulp (money still made with cotton today, some forms invented in china 240bc- 105bc, ts"ai lun. Took over 1,000 years to reach europe. Scriptorium- copying rooms in monasteries where monks prepared early hand- copied books. Manuscripts were still created after they were obsolete: as an art form, for censored texts, for newsletters. Wood block by 800 ad: wooden moveable type in china (1040, metal type developed in korea (1234, didn"t see mass usage.
