JL MC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Compulsory Education, Stephen Daye, Rotary Printing Press
12 Jan 2018
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Still main repository of history and everyday experience. Passing along stories, knowledge, and wisdom down through generations. Parchment or vellum written codes in rock and clay. Development stage: egypt and babylonia experimented with. Papyrus was then invented (2400 bc) which led to scrolls. Popular because it wasn"t imported from egypt so it was. Parchment pages sewn together, bound by a piece of wood and covered with leather. Made by romans in the 4th century. Books painstakingly decorated, written, and bound by. Munks were the original editors" of books. Generally designed for churches and wealthy clients. Because they had money and actually had the ability to read. Enabled multiple copies to be printed and bound together. Developed independently in europe in the 1400"s. This era was still mostly religious text. Line press, invention of paper, invention of iank all led to. Canterbury tales were the first printed book. Within 15 years of the press the french bible became of.
