DESIGN 2750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aldus Manutius, Nuremberg Chronicle, Vellum
11 Feb 2018
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Scrolls associated with christianity, codex associated with paganism. Writing declines for like 400 years, which is the time when codex is prominent. Even as paper emerges in other parts of the world, parchment is still preferred. Paper is associated with islam, so the church continues to use parchment. Paper has a history that runs separately/parallel to writing. Like we use it for lots of stuff, not just to write on. We associate paper with printing because paper was introduced in europe in the 14th century and printing was invented in the 15th. In early books, we see lots of decoration. This will be copied in stained glass windows centuries later. By the 13th century, we start to see organizational structure that is similar to modern books. Best, most important stuff (like bibles) would be made from vellum. Monks would spend their lives copying bibles by hand (it would take years to make one)
