[SMC228H1] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (60 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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John foxe, book of martyrs: also referred to as (cid:498)acts and monuments(cid:499, book of protestant history & martyrology, 4 editions in the 16th century alone, communications circuit, publishers & printers= same thing in16th century. Bibliography a discipline of the senses: bibliography examines books as physical artefacts. Conclusions: (cid:498)book archaeology(cid:499, book history examines book as cultural artefacts, (cid:498)sociology of the book(cid:499, (cid:498)history of communication(cid:499) Paper has acid in it, acid will transfer to book, damages book. B/c most fragile part of book is the hinge. Do not open it more than 120 degrees. When flipping pages, don"t handle the corners. How material culture has changed, why material culture changes. Ancestor script for everything in western culture. Includes greek, latin, arabic, hebrew, and engish. Travels to all the ports, gets transferred b/c of trade. Codex what we refer to as a (cid:498)book(cid:499) today. Heating up wax of tablets to make the wax smooth again. Thick material made from the papyrus plant.
