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Chargement... The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization (édition 2018)par John Gaudet (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. While the author is a bit repetitive at times, even repeating the same phrases several times, this was generally an informative and well-written biography of papyrus, its uses, and its impact on the world, as well as a discussion of how, when, and why it was ultimately supplanted (for most purposes) by paper (with a discussion of parchment in-between). My one gripe is that the author never explains step by step how papyrus was made in sufficient detail to allow you to do it yourself (if you wanted to and had access to the plant). But that's a gripe I have with all authors who write about ancient techniques: I have yet to find one who gives you any step by step instructions, preferring summaries that leave out most of the details. As a popular biography of papyrus, it's a good book. ( ) The subject matter of this book is interesting: how papyrus contributed to the economy of ancient Egypt as well as the cultures of Egypt and ancient Rome, including the development of archives and libraries. It is unfortunate that the writing is terrible. I read this book as an electronic advance reading copy, but I fear the problems with it surpass anything a final edit could address. It is very repetitive, and at times it seems like the chapters that appear later in the book were written prior to the chapters that appear earlier--and neither the author nor an editor read closely for continuity and redundancy. The author's style is to use compound sentences without conjunctions, which creates a rambling narrative. Surely there is a better book (or long form magazine article) that covers this subject with more elegance? Not recommended. Gaudet has written a delightfully interesting and informative book that covers everything papyrus in terms of paper. He covers topics such as the ancient locations of papyrus; it's various uses; the invention and evolution of papyrus paper; the business of manufacture and distribution of papyrus sheets from Egypt, across the Mediterranean region and beyond; and it's eventual eclipse by rag paper. The numerous historical stories about archaeological discoveries and daring "rescue" attempts are well told and make this book something other than a dry rendition of the evolution of the papyrus scroll. Of course, you can't have a book about papyrus paper and not mention the numerous ancient (and not so ancient) libraries that stored them. This book compliments the author's previous book [Papyrus: The Plant that Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today's Water Wars] which deals more specifically with the papyrus plant; as well as Keith Houston's book [The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time] which deals with paper and the evolution of the book, but doesn't not spend too much time on papyrus paper specifically. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus paper when the ability to record and transmit information exploded, allowing for an exchanging of ideas from the banks of the Nile throughout the Mediterranean--and the civilized world--for the first time in human history. In The Pharaoh's Treasure, John Gaudet looks at this pivotal transition to papyrus paper, which would become the most commonly used information medium in the world for more than 4,000 years. Far from fragile, papyrus paper is an especially durable writing surface; papyrus books and documents in ancient and medieval times had a usable life of hundreds of years, and this durability has allowed items like the famous Nag Hammadi codices from the third and fourth century to survive. The story of this material that was prized by both scholars and kings reveals how papyrus paper is more than a relic of our ancient past, but a key to understanding how ideas and information shaped humanity in the ancient and early modern world. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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