This volume is the first comprehensive survey of iconic books and texts. It traces their development and influence from ancient to modern times and compares the

Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teachin

"A material culture study focused on the importance of books as objects and their histories from the Middle Ages to present. Looks beyond content and text of bo

The hundred books discussed here have radically altered the course of civilisation , whether they have embodied religions practised by millions, achieved the pi