| Author |
Roberts, Colin H. (Colin Henderson) 1909- |
| Title |
The birth of the codex / Colin H. Roberts and T.C. Skeat |
| Publisher |
London : Oxford University Press, 1983 |
| Physical desc. |
[x], 78, [2], [6] p. of plates ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published as: The codex (1954). This edition published for the British Academy in 1983 and reprinted in 2004. |
| Ref. to CBL papyri: BP I (p. 49, 56, 66); BP II (p. 46, 66); BP VI (p. 40. 47-48, 51, 65-6); BP VIII (p. 41); BP IX (p. 41). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Papyrus and parchment -- The writing tablet -- From writing tablet to parchment note-book -- Martial and the first appearance of the codex as a literary form -- The evidence of legal writers -- Roll and codex: evidence of Greek literary texts of the first five centuries -- The codex in early Christian literature -- Why did Christians adopt the codex? inadequacy of practical considerations -- The Christian adoption of the codex: two hypotheses -- The Christian codex and the canon of scripture -- The codex in non-Christian literature -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP I |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP II |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP VI |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP VIII |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- BP IX |
| Books -- Europe -- History -- To 400 |
| Learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History |
| Literature, Ancient Manuscripts |
| Manuscripts -- Europe -- History |
| Manuscripts (Papyri) -- History |
| Added name(s) |
Skeat, T.C. (Theodore Cressy) |
