When The Books Were First Made?
Until the Middle Ages, books did not appear. The rolls of papyrus were very near to the books. The sheets of paper were glued to join into long rolls. These were Balled volume by the Romans and there from we get the word volume.
The papyrus was replaced by parchment and vellum, by about the middle of fifth century. Parchment is made out of sheep and goat skin and vellum is made from calf skin. The sheets of this material, with written matter on one side, cut to a uniform size, bound to one ride with leather tongs, provided us the books.
In the Middle Ages that books were first made that resemble our printed books. Four pieces of vellum were folded and each piece formed two leaves. These pieces were placed inside one another to form a group of eight leaves, which is called “a section”.
These sections were sent to a scribe to write a book. He took them apart and wrote a single page at a time. Vellum was thick enough so that writing could be done on both sides.
As a next step, the finished sections were sent for binding into a book. With cards he sewed the sections through the back fold. The wooden cover were laced at the ends through holes to bind together. A large leather piece was glued over the back of the sections and the wooden sides. Steps were taken to decorate and preserve the books. It was all of the initial stages of first books that resemble the present day books.
Most of the medieval books were Bibles, Sermons, natural history. Later on, came the chronicles and romances. Most books of the Middle ages are in Latin.
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