On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age

by Bruce Holsinger

A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia

"Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history."--Kirkus Reviews

For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300260210
• ISBN13: 9780300260212
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 9.1"