Ch 64: Language Families
The universal academic language across Europe
Latin
This famous playwright greatly influenced English a century after it became an official language
Shakespeare
This invention made "looking things up" easier
Bound books/Codex
Who was the Braille System Named After?
Louis Braille
What Came First? Gutenberg's Bible or the koran?
Gutenburg's Bible
French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese are all part of:
the Romance languages
Colloquial Latin, Celtic, and old Frankish combined together to form this language
French
Writing material made from the skins of sheep and goats
Parchment
John Wycliffe's Forbidden English Bible was Circulated by _____
Book Peddlers
What 16th Century Religious Movement Made Quick and Vast Use of Printed Books?
The Protestant Reformation
Icelandic, English, Dutch-Flemish, German, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian are all part of:
the Germanic languages
West Germanic Frisian was influenced by French and Latin to become this language
English
Byblos
The Most Well-Known System of Reading and Writing for the Blind
The Braille System
What Was the Name of Chapter 67?
The Island of Islam
Most European languages are descended from:
The Indo-European language family
Before Gutenberg, laws in England were written in this language
Law-French
What “volume” originally referred to
Rolls of papyrus, scrolls
Before books in libraries were placed upright so their spines were visible, medieval books were displayed ____
Resting on their sides so the cover was visible
Did The Ones Reciting The Koran Care More About the Meaning of The Words or The Sounds?
The sounds.
The number of European languages in the age of printing that are still spoken today:
3000
The different translations of this word designated northern French and southern French dialects:
Yes
The original word for a bound book
Codex
The Symbol of the Old Library
A Chained Book
What Then-Famous institut was founded in 1798 at Cairo?
Institut d'Egypte