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- Etymology and origins
- History
- From scrolls to codices
- Preparation
- Preparation of pages for writing
- Forming quire
- Materials
- Structure
- Pages
- Binding
- The ''libraire''
- See also
- Citations
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thumb|upright=1.35|The Codex Gigas, 13th century, [[Bohemia]]
The codex (; : codices ) 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.