On parchment : animals, archives, and the making of culture from Herodotus to the digital age / Bruce Holsinger.

"For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains make up a significant portion of the era's surviving historical record. In a study sp...

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Main Author:	Holsinger, Bruce W. (Author)
Other title:	Animals, archives, and the making of culture from Herodotus to the digital age
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Parchment > History. Written communication > History. Visual communication > History. Transmission of texts. Communication écrite > Histoire. Communication visuelle > Histoire. Transmission de textes. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. HISTORY / Social History. LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. Parchment. Visual communication. Written communication. History.