After, reflecting on some of the reading and just the class in general, I want to share something I learned in another class about the ways in which early bookmakers and scribes creatively produced versions of the most famous book of all time: the Bible. These images speak more to the layout of the page rather than the structure of the book itself, and they may be a bit small here, but I hope you'll find them interesting. The first image is a page of a polyglot bible, which contains the same text written in 5 different languages. Next is a page of a mesorah, which is a biblical text surrounded by various interpretations and arranged just so to fit as much on the page as possible. On the bottom is another example of a creative biblical text. You might not be able to see, but the lines of the bizarre creatures are Hebrew letters. I find these images inspiring both visually and substantively.
-Lauren
It really is a beautiful format, I love how the animals are made of text, a little bit of concrete poetry for ya there.
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