Ama-Diptychs Abele iCodex
Ngokusho kukaNicole Howard, umbhali weThe Book: The Life Story of Technology, I-diptych yaseRoma yayisandulela ikhodix futhi kungenzeka ukuthi yayiyisikhuthazo sokuthuthukisa ifomu layo. I-diptych yayiyithebulethi kabili eyenziwe ngamabhuloki amabili enkuni ehlanganiselwe ndawonye ne-string futhi yaqala ukwakha insizakalo yokubhala - nakuba yayingekho amakhasi, ivula ngendlela efanayo ikhodi (noma incwadi yanamuhla).
Yisho ukuthini "i-Codex"
Ikhodi ye-codex itholakala egameni lesiLatini elisho ukuthi "ibhuloho," futhi labizwa kanjalo ngenxa yokuthi kufana nokuthi mhlawumbe, ngenxa yokuthi izinkuni zazisetshenziselwa lokho esizobhekisela manje njengokwakheka noma ukumbozwa kwencwadi. (Qaphela ukuthi igama elithi "block block" lisasetshenziswa, libhekisela emakhasini, emaphepheni eencwadi ngaphambi kokuba icala lithinteke. Funda kabanzi mayelana nezinxenye zencwadi yesimanje ). Ubuningi be- "codex" "ama-codices."
Umlando we-Codex nezinzuzo
Kukhona izimo eziqoshiwe kanye namaqoqo amaphepha e-papyrus (okwenziwe ngamagatsha ashisayo emanzini), kodwa inqwaba yama-codices yadalwa kusuka esikhwameni (amashidi ezenziwe ezikhunjini, ezibizwa ngokuthi i-vellum).
Lezi ziqala ukuvela ekhulwini lokuqala CE.
I-codex inikeze izinzuzo eziningana zokwabelana ngokubhala phezu komqulu, indlela ekhona ngaleso sikhathi yokufunda ephathekayo neyomyalezo. Ukwenza ama-parchment kwakunzima kakhulu futhi, ngokungafani nemiqulu, ama-codices avumela ukubhala ezinhlangothini zombili wekhasi, ukulondoloza isikhumba noma i-vellum.
Ngaphandle komnotho wabo, i-codex yayiyizingqinamba ngaphezu komqulu, ehlonishwa ezinye zezimfanelo ezifanayo esizibheka ezincwadini namuhla:
- Ukusebenziseka kalula - ukuguqula amakhasi kuphumelela kakhulu kunokuvula umqulu omude, omude. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulula ukuthola indawo ngokuhambisa amakhasi ngaphandle kokuvula iphepha elide, elide futhi ubheke wonke umbhalo ngesikhathi esisodwa.
- I-Portability - ama-codices ayebuthe xaxa kunomqulu.
- Ukuzinza - kungekho sidingo sokungena nokuvuselela, ama-codices ayengaphansi kwesibhakabhaka kunemiqulu.
Ngokusho kukaHoward , naphezu kwezinzuzo, ama-codices ayephuza ukubamba futhi "kuze kube sekupheleni kwekhulu lesihlanu ama-codices abe indawo evamile, futhi ngisho nezibalo eziphawulekayo njengeSanta Augustine noJerome [zisasebenzisa] imiqulu emibhalweni yabo yangasese." Ukusheshisa kakhulu namuhla: Amabhuku afika isikhathi eside kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ngokusungulwa kwe-ebooks kanye nabafundi be-e-readers. Ingabe usukhetha incwadi yendabuko noma ungathanda ukufunda idijithali?