SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Johannes Gutenberg, Movable Type, Scientific Revolution
5 Oct 2016
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Pergamenum in latin comes from city of pergamum: vellum . Same etymology as veal : not limited for where it can grow, it is more smooth, but it is taken a long time to make and expensive. Paper: make from things masticated, cheap and stable and long lasting. Printing ink: marshall mcluhan: a ditto machine . Vellum, although expensive, is highly durable and reusable. Not reliant on animals: produced quickly and in large amounts. Lots of paper mills in europe, not controlled by one area. Only need one copy text to make lots of copies. Oral to written: alphabet effect (robert logan) Scroll to codex: shift from linear system of reading to random system of reading. Print to digital: democratization of knowledge, lack of censorship. Scroll to codex: rise of christianity parallels the rise of the codex. Marshall mcluhan: media technology shapes what a society does, thinks, feels. Society moves from one technological age to another (tribal, literate, print, electronic)
