„Es ist wohl das älteste gedruckte Buch der Welt: Im Jahr 868 wIrd China vom Diamant-Sutra – einem Text des Mahayana-Buddhismus – ein Holztafeldruck angefertigt. In einer Höhlen-Bibliothek wird es 1.000 Jahre später wiederentdeckt.Die Mogao-Grotten liegen südlich der chinesischen Stadt … Weiterlesen
The Chinese Typewriter: A History How Chinese characters triumphed over the QWERTY keyboard and laid the foundation for China’s information technology successes today. Chinese writing is character based, the one major world script that is neither alphabetic nor syllabic. Through … Weiterlesen
Die zweisprachige Zeitschrift „Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture“, die open access erscheint, ist … … dedicated to the study of the book in all its forms, including rare books, periodicals, and ebooks. The journal is open to … Weiterlesen
Diese Datenbank ist neu in unserem Angebot. Being an encyclopedia on book cultures rather than book contents, this work places textuality and materiality of the book in the center of its investigation. The singularity of the Jewish book can only be understood … Weiterlesen
The rise of the Arabic book The little-known story of the sophisticated and vibrant Arabic book culture that flourished during the Middle Ages. During the thirteenth century, Europe’s largest library owned fewer than 2,000 volumes. Libraries in the Arab world … Weiterlesen
Footprints traces the history and movement of Jewish books since the inception of print. The history of the book is an important part of humanities scholarship. Especially as more books are digitized, scholars, librarians, collectors, and others have become increasingly … Weiterlesen