The Templeton Religion Trust has recently published a video about the Manuscripts & the Mind exhibition at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin.
What is a book? More than just a series of words on a series of pages, it’s a multisensory experience. Things such as the font, paper quality, illustrations, layout, and overall design all affect our encounters with anything meant to be read. Since 2019, Professor Garrick Allen, Ph.D., has led a team of theological researchers at the University of Glasgow that’s investigating paratexts — defined as any and every feature that surrounds the main text itself.
Watch the video here.