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On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age

By Bruce Holsinger

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780300271485
DOI
10.12987/9780300271485
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16278589 bytes)
Pages
448\448
Time added
2023-08-15 06:16:49

Description

A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia

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