Marvellous books
The world-famous Codex Amiatinus. Produced in Northern England around 700, it contains more than 1000 leaves made from goatskin and weighs almost 35kg. It will never cease to fill the beholder with an acute sense of awe.
A modern art book may still impress through size, quality, design or even weight. We may still arrest our slow walk through a bookshop …
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