History of the Book

Day 2


The following images will be useful for your definition and as the semester progresses:

Accordion Books - This One from Thailand is for Fortune Telling
Bad Boy's Pictogram from the Ojibway Tribe
The Bird Book by Mary Ann Sampson
Buzz Spector's Deconstructed Book
Cave Paintings
Clay Tablets from Mesopotamia
A Clay Vase from Mesopotamia
The Diamond Sutra
A Medieval Folded Book of Urinalysis
The Hornbook
Japanese Accordion Books
This German Recording of Events from the Creation to 1595
A Palm Leaf Prayer Book
The Jewish Torah
 
 

Consider these words:

codex
scroll

 

 



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