The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages - Hardcover

Kelly, Thomas Forrest (Harvard University)

 
9780393285031: The Role of the Scroll: An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages

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Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex or book became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls?The Role of the ScrollThe Role of the Scroll

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Thomas Forrest Kelly is professor of music at Harvard University. The author of The Role of the Scroll, Capturing Music, and Music Then and Now, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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