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Originally Posted by ApK
I thought a "codex" was, by definition, hand written, not machine printed.
Is there another word?
If not, then if techie slang like ebook and pbook don't satisfy, then perhaps we need to coin a new retronym.
But I bet there's already another word.
ApK
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That's a tricky area, because the word "codex"
usually refers to a handwritten text, bound like a modern paper book. But if you just look at the medium itself, our modern paper books still use the same format: individual pages, sewed or glued together to make a single volume.
But when we say "book", it's usually clear from context what we mean.