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Conlangery #50: The Technology of Literacy

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Um, Um, I'm Not Sure if It's a Scroll or a Book Shape

The escroll is where you write one big long text on a paper and then roll it up or what. The next shape is the accordion book which is where basically you have um One long strip typically of paper the Mayans did this as well so amate And then you fold it up accordion style And then just write on the facing pages So like in a brochure also for example if you get those those folded um Little leaflets things sure. Finally, there's the codex Which is the book shape that we know and love. It requires a somewhat sturdy writing material because it has to be flexible.

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