- Publisher: Norton
- Year: 2019
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 200pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 241x165mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9780393285031
- Product code: 519680
The Role of the Scroll
An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
Thomas Forrest Kelly New Hardback Illustrated
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By exploring why people in the Middle Ages continued to make and use scrolls long after the invention of the book, Professor Kelly reveals the remarkable – and enduring – versatility of the scroll. In chapters illustrated with over 60 outstanding examples, he explains why they were ideal for keeping records, for maps and histories, for performers’ lines or music, as private amulets and charms, and as ritual documents.
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The Role of the Scroll answers the question of why scrolls were made when it was possible to produce books. Scrolls were the standard form of book in Western antiquity but from the fourth century onward, the codex began to outnumber scrolls. And yet, people in the Middle Ages continued to make them.
In these colourful pages, the reader will discover remarkable scrolls that range from showy court documents for empresses to tiny amulets for pregnant women, from pilgrimage maps to small, portable actors' scrolls. An alchemical recipe for gold gives a glimpse into medieval life as a metalsmith and a lengthy list of gifts for Queen Elizabeth I enables the reader to observe a court party. Lively and accessible, The Role of the Scroll is essential reading-and viewing-for anyone interested in how people have kept record of life through the ages.
In these colourful pages, the reader will discover remarkable scrolls that range from showy court documents for empresses to tiny amulets for pregnant women, from pilgrimage maps to small, portable actors' scrolls. An alchemical recipe for gold gives a glimpse into medieval life as a metalsmith and a lengthy list of gifts for Queen Elizabeth I enables the reader to observe a court party. Lively and accessible, The Role of the Scroll is essential reading-and viewing-for anyone interested in how people have kept record of life through the ages.
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By exploring why people in the Middle Ages continued to make and use scrolls long after the invention of the book, Professor Kelly reveals the remarkable – and enduring – versatility of the scroll. In chapters illustrated with over 60 outstanding examples, he explains why they were ideal for keeping records, for maps and histories, for performers’ lines or music, as private amulets and charms, and as ritual documents.
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