09-12-2010, 02:09 AM | #1 |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Why are books the size they are?
|
09-12-2010, 08:28 AM | #2 |
Chocolate Grasshopper ...
Posts: 27,600
Karma: 20821184
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW
|
Interesting, thanks for posting that Dennis
|
Advert | |
|
09-12-2010, 09:52 AM | #3 |
High Priestess
Posts: 5,761
Karma: 5042529
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Montreuil sous bois, France
Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus
|
I knew about the successive foldings to make in-quarto, in-octo and so on, but I never wondered who set the original size of the original sheet. Sheep, of course! |
09-12-2010, 10:15 AM | #4 |
Chocolate Grasshopper ...
Posts: 27,600
Karma: 20821184
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW
|
... and everyone else followed along .
|
09-12-2010, 11:15 AM | #5 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 6,592
Karma: 2822668
Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Kindle
|
Very interesting article!
|
Advert | |
|
09-12-2010, 12:38 PM | #6 |
Maratus speciosus butt
Posts: 3,292
Karma: 1162698
Join Date: Sep 2009
Device: PRS-350
|
This also explains the fall of the Inca empire-- everyone went blind trying to read those guinea pig-based books.
|
09-12-2010, 12:46 PM | #7 |
Montreal wins Grey Cup!
Posts: 7,583
Karma: 31484197
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite
|
Thanks for that Dennis!
|
09-12-2010, 02:03 PM | #8 |
It's Dr. Penguin now!
Posts: 3,909
Karma: 4705733
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: (USA)
Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)
|
Oh no! *That's* what parchment is??? Oh dear, and here I thought it was made from bark or something.
So every time they made a little book, they ate mutton stew for dinner? |
09-12-2010, 04:14 PM | #9 |
Professional Adventuress
Posts: 13,368
Karma: 50260224
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!)
Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle
|
|
09-12-2010, 05:29 PM | #10 |
Now what?
Posts: 58,865
Karma: 135181808
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Durham, NC
Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!
|
|
09-12-2010, 05:31 PM | #11 |
It's Dr. Penguin now!
Posts: 3,909
Karma: 4705733
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: (USA)
Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)
|
Seriously, kk... never gave a thought to it. Does that make me stupid?
|
09-12-2010, 06:02 PM | #12 |
Is that a sandwich?
Posts: 8,189
Karma: 100500000
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Nook Glowlight Plus
|
Interesting. I thought vellum came from animal skin.
|
09-12-2010, 06:13 PM | #13 | |
Professional Adventuress
Posts: 13,368
Karma: 50260224
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!)
Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle
|
Quote:
it does. vellum is to parchment what expensive linen paper is to copy paper |
|
09-12-2010, 11:24 PM | #14 | ||
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
Quote:
The material is the reason why diplomas are called "sheepskins", as that was the traditional material they were inscribed on. For that matter, the traditional Torah scrolls encased in mezuzahs were parchment, and I've seen hairsplitting over whether a mezuzah containing a paper Torah scroll is proper. (It appears to be accepted among most Jews simply because proper parchment is expensive and harder to find.) ______ Dennis |
||
09-12-2010, 11:28 PM | #15 | |
New York Editor
Posts: 6,384
Karma: 16540415
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7
|
Quote:
But no penalty. It's a relatively obscure bit of trivia most folks probably won't know, because they have no need to. ______ Dennis |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Number of books / size managed with Calibre | icq70610 | Calibre | 10 | 08-01-2010 01:18 PM |
books from sony store not changing font size on prs-900 | rwe | Sony Reader | 2 | 04-20-2010 09:02 AM |
Edge's size/weight ratio compare to paper books | valcho | enTourage eDGe | 4 | 03-21-2010 01:14 AM |
Font Size of Sony 505 Proprietary Books Vary From Book to Book! | crusader666 | Sony Reader | 14 | 01-13-2008 07:47 PM |
Poll: Which font size do you use to read books? | Zoot | Amazon Kindle | 0 | 11-25-2007 01:56 PM |