Article ID: CBB267554712

Volvelles of knowledge. Origin and development of an instrument of scientific imagination (13th-17th centuries) (2019)

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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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Authors & Contributors
Gislén, Lars
Cevolini, Alberto
Hershenzon, Daniel
Rec, Agnieszka
Nasifoglu, Yelda
Gaida, Margaret E.
Concepts
Manuscripts
Books
Volvelle; wheel chart
Instruments, astronomical
Mathematics
Astronomy
Time Periods
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
16th century
17th century
Modern
Places
Europe
Nuremberg (Germany)
Catalonia (Spain)
Prague (Czechia)
Spain
Poland
Institutions
Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Cambridge, Eng.)
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