The fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD saw the decline of the culture of ancient Rome. Papyrus became difficult to obtain due to lack of contact with Egypt, and parchment, which had been used for centuries, became the main writing material. Parchment is a material made from processed animal skin and… Continue reading Promotional Videos

Introduction Aristotle’s Physics is called a book, as of course the Bible encompasses many different books. In the unrestricted sense.This sense of book has a restricted and an unrestricted sense. A book is both a usually portable physical object and the body of immaterial representations or intellectual object whose material signs—written or drawn lines or… Continue reading Page 5

Introduction This sense of book has a restricted and an unrestricted sense. A book is both a usually portable physical object and the body of immaterial representations or intellectual object whose material signs—written or drawn lines or other two-dimensional media—the physical object contains or houses. As a physical object, a book is a stack of… Continue reading Page 4

Introduction The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex in the plural, codices. In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its immediate predecessor, the scroll. As a physical object, a book is a stack of usually rectangular pages made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper… Continue reading Page 3

Introduction A book is both a usually portable physical object and the body of immaterial representations or intellectual object whose material signs—written or drawn lines or other two-dimensional media—the physical object contains or houses. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex in the plural, codices. In the history of hand-held physical supports for… Continue reading Page 2