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communication devices: technology and industry developments

amen amen, fiat fiat: theological, liturgical, bureaucratic

Translated-transliterated amen made Christian liturgy more accessible. In Latin phrases like “amen, amen, fiat, fiat,” it became bureaucratic boilerplate. … Read the post amen amen, fiat fiat: theological, liturgical, bureaucratic

production-to-stock for early Christian epitaphs

The Maria and Julianus early Christian epitaphs from 6th-century Greece apparently were made from production-to-stock stones with generic inscriptions. … Read the post production-to-stock for early Christian epitaphs

Julianus gravestone suggests ancient, mass-produced Christian gravestones

The Julianus gravestone’s easily understood symbols and its appended epitaph suggest mass-produced Christian gravestones in early Christian Athens. … Read the post Julianus gravestone suggests ancient, mass-produced Christian gravestones

purple parchment, gold-lettered books across time and space

Books with purple parchment and gold lettering, both pagan and Christian, were known in ancient Rome, early Islamic Baghdad and early medieval Spain. … Read the post purple parchment, gold-lettered books across time and space

punched cards for library book circulation

Early computerized library book circulation systems in the 1970s used punched cards to register circulation records. That’s yesterday in book history. … Read the post punched cards for library book circulation

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