the theory and practice of the book
May 19, 2016 7:06 AM   Subscribe

(vo)codex to co(in)dex
posted by the man of twists and turns (4 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
From the article:

"This post has nothing whatsoever to do with the digital age."

A very interesting view of text and books and how they are experienced. Thanks for the post!
posted by njohnson23 at 8:56 AM on May 19, 2016


Yeah the 12th century renaissance is a really convenient analog to the advent of the digital age, but there are alot of things going on in it that really have no counterparts. I'd disagree that it has nothing to do with the digital age, though: every time I get a poorly formatted ebook I have this reaction: 'WTF? This thing only has two pages? Oh. Oh, no.', and then am reminded of the victory of the codex over the scroll.


Also, see Brian Stock 'Listening for the Text' and Jean LeClercq 'L'amour des lettres et le desire de Dieu' for other discussions of this tight exchange between the vocal, the textual, and the spiritual in the 12th C.
posted by eclectist at 9:33 AM on May 19, 2016


That blog is a delightful rabbit hole. Thank you? I think? I am not going to get a lot done today.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 10:17 AM on May 19, 2016


please forgive my nineties parenthetical wordplay
I was going to say something, but okay.
posted by migurski at 10:42 AM on May 19, 2016


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