TY - JOUR AU - Crupi, Gianfranco PY - 2019/05/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Volvelles of knowledge. Origin and development of an instrument of scientific imagination (13th-17th centuries) JF - JLIS.it JA - JLIS.it VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.4403/jlis.it-12534 UR - https://jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/73 SP - 1-27 AB - <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;" lang="en-GB" align="justify"><span><span><span>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. </span></span></span></p> ER -