tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post1827983027653637367..comments2024-03-04T10:47:31.894-08:00Comments on The Textual Mechanic: Galen on the Parchment CodexTimothy N. Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10696299768205488795noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-78086976455750392292018-05-15T05:26:49.110-07:002018-05-15T05:26:49.110-07:00Hello Ben, thanks for the comment. Apologize for t...Hello Ben, thanks for the comment. Apologize for the delayed response, I have been traveling out of state for the last week.<br />There is really only fragmentary evidence on the codex and what we do have does not mention how they were produced. Though Quintilian does briefly mention a few aspects about the parchment codex. I would say that nothing with regard to books was mass-produced at all, but it is possible that an artisan bookshop in the city marketplace may have had a notebook or two ready made on-hand to be sold. More than likely the parchment codex was made on demand, either by the buyer requesting one to be made by a local craftsman, or by a skilled slave manufacturing one, or even by the person desiring a parchment codex. Timothy N. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696299768205488795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-7111006719638002342018-05-10T05:53:29.763-07:002018-05-10T05:53:29.763-07:00Thanks for this. Do we know if leather-bound parch...Thanks for this. Do we know if leather-bound parchment codices would have been something one would self-produce if they wanted a notebook, or were these being "mass produced" and sold?Ben A. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120117217554642174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-34621817628624744132018-05-08T14:24:56.271-07:002018-05-08T14:24:56.271-07:00Thanks for the question Tim. I agree with you that...Thanks for the question Tim. I agree with you that the codex is not the best comparison with Evans's statement. But in the surrounding context Gapen mentions many of his books that he only owned one copy and lamented their loss.Timothy N. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696299768205488795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-31809105316312628662018-05-08T13:07:32.403-07:002018-05-08T13:07:32.403-07:00Tim,
Just a question, does a gift from a private c...Tim,<br />Just a question, does a gift from a private collection really count as being circulated in the way Evans or others use that term?<br /><br />Tim Timothy Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641788186736340533noreply@blogger.com