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Codex

The codex was the historical ancestor format of the modern book. Technically, the vast majority of modern books use the codex format, of a stack of pages bound at one edge. However, the term codex is now reserved for older manuscript books, which mostly used sheets of vellum, parchment, or papyrus, rather than paper.

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  • nounAn early manuscript book.
  • nounA book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
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