MMC 2604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Bay Psalm Book, Gutenberg Bible, Diamond Sutra
13 Nov 2018
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Chapter 10: books and the power of print. The history of books from papyrus to paperbacks: egyptians wrote on papyrus in 2400 bce, parchment replaced papyrus in europe, codex: book made of sheets of parchment, the development of manuscript culture. Manuscript culture strongly in uenced by the christian clergy of the middle. Ages: illuminated manuscripts, the innovations of block printing and movable type. Block printing: sheets of paper were applied to blocks of inked wood with raised surfaces depicting hand-carved letters and illustrations, invented by chinese printers: oldest dated printed book still in existence is china"s diamond sutra by wang. 1295 marco polo brought this to europe. Movable type invented in china around year 1000: the gutenberg revolution: the invention of the printing press. Gutenberg invented printing press in 1453-1456, adapted design from wine presses: gutenberg bible, printed on vellum. Chaucer"s canterbury tales became rst english work printed in book form: the birth of publishing in the united states.
