Codex and paper inventions
- Codex is closer to modern books. The pages were made from folded leaves or parchments (animal skins) and bound together on one side, one after another. The earliest surviving codex dates back to the 4th century and is the greek biblical manuscript known as Codex Sinaiticus.
- Paper was invented by Cai Lun, an official of the Chinese Imperial court of Eastern Han. He used tree bark, rags hemp, and old fish nets to make paper. Paper started to be used in China, then spread around the world. Illustrated handwritten manuscripts were seen between 400-600 A.D.
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