
Roll Binding and the History of Early Medieval Books in China
YU Su
Front. Hist. China ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1) : 78-104.
Roll Binding and the History of Early Medieval Books in China
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.
rolls / categories of knowledge / history of books
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