In eight numbered sentences, write a “history of the book” from the late medieval manuscript to about 1800. (You are starting before Gutenberg’s contribution and going up to but not into the industrialization of printing and graphic design.) Use eight numbered sentences, including a comparison of two images of your choice from the slide presentations.
1. Before the ability to print, all documents and books were called manuscripts because they were handwritten.
2. Scriptorium, a room used during medieval times, for writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts, a process that occurred over long periods of time, was how manuscripts were produced and reproduced.
3. Manuscripts were in the form of scrolls and codices, and produced on parchment,
1. Before the ability to print, all documents and books were called manuscripts because they were handwritten.
2. Scriptorium, a room used during medieval times, for writing, copying and illuminating of manuscripts, a process that occurred over long periods of time, was how manuscripts were produced and reproduced.
3. Manuscripts were in the form of scrolls and codices, and produced on parchment,