| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to scrolls -- Scrolls that grow -- Representing space and time: the long red line -- Performers' scrolls -- Private scrolls: amulets, charms, and prayers -- Ritual scrolls -- Roll it back up. |
| Summary |
"Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex—or book—became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls? In The Role of the Scroll, music professor and historian Thomas Forrest Kelly brings to life the most interesting scrolls in medieval history, placing them in the context of those who made, commissioned, and used them, and reveals their remarkably varied uses"--Goodreads.com. |
| System details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Original 9780393285031 |
| Subject |
Scrolls -- Europe, Western -- History.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780393285048
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| STANDARD # |
195A3F5C-2C86-41C1-8D0D-3A690F374D96 OverDrive |
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