facts as to why its awesome!!
1- codex is latin for "trunk of tree"
a pretty ballsy start right there
2-the codex form dates back to as early as 125 AD in Egypt (which was odd because the majority of documentation from egypt was scrolled papyrus)
still ballsy!!!
3-The most expensive book ever sold in the world was codex form!!
(sold for 30.8 million dollars to Bill Gates, the Codex Leicester is a collection of scientific writings, and the most famous scientific journals (of the 30 created) by Leonardo Da Vinci!!)
thats MEGA BALLSY!!
4- The Gutenberg Bible (all of them) are Codex form!!
5- all comic books and graphic novels are codex form!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (this is the most important fact)
heres some examples!!
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| A collection of open spine codex books image courtesy of iowa book works |
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| a pretty jazzy codex book courtesy of leijonstedt |
and lastly a codex book that i created (from scratch)
my "fragile" codex book!!!!!!!!!!!
....scrolls are very cool........accordion fold book form is unique.......post and screw is okay.........but codex book form just seems to be the most.........solid!!..........strong, functional, like it can stand the test of time......
thats my opinion...........what do you think??????
I don't know, I'm not sensing enough enthusiasm in your posts.
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