History of Text Technologies

Facsimile of the 10th-century Byzantine illuminated manuscript scroll known as the Joshua roll.

A facsimile of the Codex Borgia, a pictorial manuscript from Central Mexico featuring calendrical and ritual content, dating from the 16th century.
The Codex Borgia is organized into a screen-fold. Single sheets of the hide are attached as a long strip and then folded back and forth. Images were painted on both sides and painted over with a white gesso. Stiffened leather is used as end pieces by glueing the first and last strips to create a cover.

This artists' book was designed by Beth Thielen. It consists of linoleum prints and four volumes of original writings by several inmates at the San Quentin State Prison and the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, California. The four books form the sides of a prison guard tower and are held together by a removable roof. The center of the tower holds two additional booklets.

Palm leaf manuscript with text in unidentified South Asian script, provenance unknown. Two drilled holes in center for rope to hold multiple leaves together.