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

A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia "Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history."-Kirkus Reviews For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Holsinger, Bruce W. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Parchment > History. Written communication > History. Visual communication > History. Transmission of texts. Parchment. Visual communication. Written communication. History.