Raamatu ajalugu - kokkuvõte
scrolls.
2/15
A Chinese bamboo book
Wax tablets were the normal writing material in schools, in accounting,
and for taking notes. They had the advantage of being reusable: the wax
could be melted, and reformed into a blank. The custom of binding
several wax tablets together (Roman pugillares) is a possible precursor
for modern books (i.e. codex). The etymology of the word codex (block
of wood) also suggests that it may have developed from wooden wax
tablets.
In the 5th century, Isidore of Seville explained the relation between codex, book and scroll in his
Etymologiae (VI.13): "A codex is composed of many books; a book is of one scroll. It is called
annaabi.ee 
