Roll Binding and the History of Early Medieval Books in China

YU Su

Front. Hist. China ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1) : 78 -104.

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Front. Hist. China ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1) : 78 -104. DOI: 10.3868/s020-020-025-0004-7
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Roll Binding and the History of Early Medieval Books in China

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In early medieval China, books were rolled up in paper rolls. Roll is simple and ergonomic. It also had a profound influence on the structure, content, cataloguing and reading method of books. These further affected the production and dissemination of knowledge in early medieval China.

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rolls / categories of knowledge / history of books

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YU Su. Roll Binding and the History of Early Medieval Books in China. Front. Hist. China, 2025, 20(1): 78-104 DOI:10.3868/s020-020-025-0004-7

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