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Colin H. Roberts, T. C. Skeat: The Birth of the Codex (1983, Oxford University Press) No rating

First published in 1954, this book examines the process by which the Codex--the traditional form …

The study that put forwarded the now-famous thesis that the early Christian church played an important role in the replacement of roll by codex. The main point begins to unfold in the ninth chapter/section, namely, the Gospel was written in codex form.