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==Section 1== | |||
:Originating as a slide chart with overlapping rotatable paper or parchment circles that are connected in the center and contained within a manuscript or codex, the volvelle was used between the 13th and 16th centuries to predict or record external events based on the alignment of written or drawn symbols or words. | |||
:This tool had the unique ability to connect external events to the book, integrating the instrument and text, thus extending its relevant authority contained within the written word in a practical way to obtain real world information. | |||
Revision as of 19:56, 19 November 2018
Section 1
- Originating as a slide chart with overlapping rotatable paper or parchment circles that are connected in the center and contained within a manuscript or codex, the volvelle was used between the 13th and 16th centuries to predict or record external events based on the alignment of written or drawn symbols or words.
- This tool had the unique ability to connect external events to the book, integrating the instrument and text, thus extending its relevant authority contained within the written word in a practical way to obtain real world information.