From tablet to codex & beyond: the history of the book

Join Senior Librarian Dr Anna Welch to discover how the physical form of the book has changed in wonderful and curious ways over time: from a 4,000-year-old Cuneiform tablet to ancient scrolls and the Roman codex, right up to contemporary book art. Each of these innovations has had a transformative impact on how we take in information and ideas. You'll also glimpse exquisite medieval manuscripts (ours is the largest collection in Australia) and other significant forms of the book, including a torah on loan from the Jewish Museum of Australia, and some outstanding 17th and 18th-century bindings from our John Emmerson collection of rare books.

[@lephilistin]

Wonderful video, great host. Thank you for the upload.❤

[@FOR_THE_Pascal.]

[Thank you for sharing your passion for books!! Truly fascinating!]

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An excelent video. Congratulations

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[@KaAmbri]

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Excellent information.

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😍 great vedio

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Great video!

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Very fascinating! I had studied the Mesopatamian culture several years ago. Besdies the Egyptians, they were a vert interesting civilization.

[@IanZainea1990]

And yet, we've reverted to the scroll. Just digital and vertical now

[@erockdanger]

4:20 goes full Parks and Rec.

[@tdtyyuf]

Wasn’t it the early Christian’s who more so popularized the codex? Perhaps Roman Christian’s?

[@SamuelLanghorn]

nice to see the palm leave medium, but not mentioning China on a discourse on book history is unacceptable 😞 I still like the introduction when you talked about the Sumerian clay tablet. Next time I will file my taxes I will have to think about the tablet you introduced with such a romantic overtone 🙂

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