Vol. 10 No. 2 (2019)
Articles

Volvelles of knowledge. Origin and development of an instrument of scientific imagination (13th-17th centuries)

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  • Gianfranco Crupi
Gianfranco Crupi
Sapienza Università di Roma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-12534

Published 2019-05-15

Keywords

  • Movable books,
  • Ramon Lull,
  • Matthew Paris,
  • Regiomontanus,
  • Apianus,
  • Leonhard Thurneysser,
  • Ottavio Pisani,
  • Book of fate,
  • Volvelle
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Crupi, G. (2019). Volvelles of knowledge. Origin and development of an instrument of scientific imagination (13th-17th centuries). JLIS.It, 10(2), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-12534
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Abstract

This contribution reconstructs the history of volvelle in movable books; books created for a wide range of different purposes (teaching, mnemonics, play, divining, etc.) including mechanical or paratextual devices demanding or soliciting the interaction of the reader. The investigation runs from hand-written books, considering some specific editorial genres, including calendars, books of fate, anatomical flap books, navigation handbooks etc.

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