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Crupi, Gianfranco

Volvelles of knowledge : origin and development of an instrument of scientific imagination (13th-17th centuries)

2019 - EUM - Edizioni Università di Macerata

P. 1-27

This contribution reconstructs the history of volvelle in movable books; books created for a wide range of different purposes (teaching, mnemonics, play, divining, etc.) including mechanical or paratextual devices demanding or soliciting the interaction of the reader. The investigation runs from hand-written books, considering some specific editorial genres, including calendars, books of fate, anatomical flap books, navigation handbooks etc. [Publisher's text]

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JLIS : Italian Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science = Rivista italiana di biblioteconomia, archivistica e scienza dell'informazione : 10, 2, 2019