![]() ![]() , 96 leaves, paper, illuminations, music 223 x 157 (166 x 97) mm. ![]() , 1 leaf, parchment, illuminations, 234 x 167 mm. ,, 312 leaves, paper, illuminations, 194 x 137 mm.Ĭatalog Record | Duke Digital Collections ,, 198 leaves, parchment, illuminations, 330 x 220 (210 x 140) mm.Ĭatalog Record | Duke Digital Collections Manuscripts in the collection Greek MS 1, More detailed information about the history of the collection and on some of the manuscripts in the collection is available in An Exhibition of Greek Manuscripts from the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection: Perkins Library, Duke University, March 1999 by John Lawrence Sharpe III. Of all early Christian manuscripts, this intrinsic order is most apparent in the established sequence of the books of the Bible.The Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds 98 Greek manuscripts, in both roll and codex form, dating from the 9th-17th century, supported by the Kenneth Willis and Adelaide Dickinson Clark Endowment. One unintended effect of the latter probably was that the codex invited the imposition of a fixed order to the books it contained. Another practical benefit of the codex was in its alleged larger capacity that allowed for the inclusion in one volume of all four gospels or all Pauline epistles or even the entire New Testament. ![]() Some argue that the codex had a technological advantage in that people could check different Biblical passages within a bound tome more readily than they could in a bookroll, which had to be rolled from one side to the other every time someone wanted to look up a passage. While the origins of the codex are not sufficiently explained, evidence shows that the preserved early Christian manuscripts are more often codices (plural of codex) than the then-established bookrolls. Known as the “codex,” this common book form has always (over the past two millennia, anyway) looked the same-like any book on your desk. When we say “book” today, we generally mean a tome of bound pages. The word “volume” (from Latin volvere, “to roll”) still reflects this etymology, although the connection to the bygone book form is long lost. And the bookroll has remained the preferred book form in the Jewish liturgical use of the Torah to this day.Īs the word suggests, “scroll” is a rolled up book, made up of any number of sheets (of papyrus, parchment, or paper) glued together to produce a horizontal row of writing support that can be rolled from either end. The books of the Hebrew Bible were originally all written on scrolls. Photo: Public domain image, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Damaged by woodworm and flaked in three of the corners, the icon is currently on display in the British Museum (#1986,0708.1). The tied bookroll in his left hand demonstrates the persistence of the bookroll in visual arts long after this book form had been superseded by the codex. 1300 C.E.) wood panel icon, John the Baptist is identified in the top right corner with his traditional epithet, “the forerunner (of Christ).” Though mostly depicted as a man of wilderness, this icon shows him as a calm and noble figure. ![]()
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