Reblogged from Τιμόθεος:

Illustrated books were popular in the ancient world. The long tradition of placing pictures in manuscripts began in pharaonic Egypt. The propagation of manuscripts, as well as their preservation, was aided greatly by an important invention of the Early Roman Empire (27 BC – 96 AD): the codex. The codex is much like a modern book, composed of separate leaves (folios) enclosed within a cover and bound together on one side.

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