The book and reading in the collections of the museum

Has the concept of the book changed over time?  This itinerary lets you see how in the Romanesque it is a symbol of what is holy, which in the Gothic was to become an appreciated object and even censurable. During the Renaissance and the Baroque, from the moment of the invention of the printing press onwards, it became increasingly affordable, until becoming an object that communicated wisdom and represented the dignity of a profession, to symbolising the prestige or social advancement, ending up becoming a reason for pleasure and pastimes.

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