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The Shape of the Book: From Roll to Codex, 3rd Century BC - 19th Century AD The Library on Display

Divided into two sections - the Papyrus Collection and the Manuscript collection. This title features two intentionally striking extremes - a potsherd on which a pupil from the 2nd century BC wrote the ancient verses of one of Sappho's odes and a 19th century Japanese erotic-grotesque scroll.

Important places

Thebes (59)
Florence (542)
Philadelphia (1,090)

Counties

Philadelphia (1,109)

Regions

Firenze (569)
Luxor (105)
Siena (285)
Pennsylvania (4,458)

Countries

Egypt (2,000)
Ethiopia (235)
France (7,260)
Italy (5,202)
China (2,041)
United States (64,950)

Other geographical areas

Eastern Desert (123)
Tuscany (837)
Sahara Desert (1,016)
Northern Africa (2,841)
Africa (5,755)
Southern Europe (7,123)