codices
Handwritten bound volumes
Codices is the plural of codex, an ancient manuscript in book form rather than a scroll.
The term appears mainly in scholarly contexts discussing early texts: The codices of the Maya contain astronomical tables.
Several codices preserve fragments of lost Greek plays.
Unlike scrolls, codices have bound pages that can be turned—the format that eventually became standard for books.
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- folioSingle-fold page format
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
quill · scribe · calligraphy · binding · palimpsest · paleography · colophon · marginalia
Of ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- DresdenSaxon capital city
- MadridSpain's governmental seat
Paris · Mesoamerican · Borgia · hieroglyphic · pictographic · deerskin · Nahuatl · glyphs
Place for storing things
- collectionGathered set of items
- catalogOrdered list of items
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
conservation · restoration · cataloging · accession · provenance · acquisition · microfilm · imaging
Explanatory remarks on events
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- glossShine or annotation
treatise · apparatus · collation · recension · emendation · variant · facsimile · transcription
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- folioSingle-fold page format
- illuminatedMade visible by light
scriptorium · quill · scribe · calligraphy · binding · palimpsest · paleography · colophon · marginalia · rubric
Mayan
Of ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- DresdenSaxon capital city
Madrid · Paris · Mesoamerican · Borgia · hieroglyphic · pictographic · deerskin · Nahuatl · glyphs · Florentine
repository
Place for storing things
- collectionGathered set of items
- catalogOrdered list of items
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
digitization · conservation · restoration · cataloging · accession · provenance · acquisition · microfilm · imaging · handling
commentary
Explanatory remarks on events
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- philologyStudy of historical texts
gloss · treatise · apparatus · collation · recension · emendation · variant · facsimile · transcription · diplomatic
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- ancient historyancient history, ancient world, classical antiquity, ancient empires, Mesopotamia
- artifactspottery shards, knives, masks, pottery, antiquity
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
- library materialsbooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, periodicals
codicesscrolls
Rolled written records
papyrus scrolls · Torah scrolls · accordion folds · clay tablets · Dead Sea Scrolls
codicese-books
Electronic publications
databases · cloud storage · digital archives · websites · hard drives