Reproduction and circulation
LIke human cultures, book cultures depend on reproduction for their survival. In the evolution of the written book in Western Europe, the passage from the ancient Roman world to the middle ages was a critical moment, as many books of the ancient world were endangered with extinction during the 5th to the 9th centuries.
The Dark Ages are the age of bookle…
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