Scrolls in the Age of the Book
This course is an introduction to the making and use of scrolls in the European Middle Ages. The codex, with its portability and instant access to any place in the text, became the dominant container for writing after the 4th century BCE, but scrolls continued to be made. Why and how did the scroll format remain popular and relevant in the age of the codex? This course proposes four main reasons, which
account for essentially every kind of scroll that still exists today. We will see and examine in detail a number of beautiful objects, and come to understand the thinking of those who chose the scroll format for their texts.
This module features four main units, each of which is based on one of the reasons for scroll-making:
Scrolls in the Age of the Book also features a guided tour of an exhibition on Harvard University’s collection of medieval scrolls, held at Houghton Library, Harvard’s special collections library, in Spring 2014. Each scroll featured in the exhibit has been fully digitized by Harvard’s Preservation Services division, and participants will have the opportunity to interact with them in unprecedented fashion using Mirador, a state-of-the-art web application developed by Harvard and Stanford Universities.
This is a module in the series The Book: Histories Across Time and Space.
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Length | 6 weeks |
Effort | 2 - 4 hours per week |
Starts | Sep 21 (449 weeks ago) |
Cost | $70 |
From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
Instructors | Thomas Forrest Kelly, Timothy M. Baker |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Humanities Art & Design |
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Rating | 4.0★ based on 1 ratings |
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Length | 6 weeks |
Effort | 2 - 4 hours per week |
Starts | Sep 21 (449 weeks ago) |
Cost | $70 |
From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
Instructors | Thomas Forrest Kelly, Timothy M. Baker |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Humanities Art & Design |
Tags | Art & Culture Humanities History |
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