Tongshu calendar: How did the three -dimensional book develop?

Zhan Lu's college calendar, good -looking and good, exclusive museum around you.

This illustration comes from the three -dimensional book "Naughty Boys' Top Play".

It is generally believed that Western three -dimensional books first appeared in the 13th century in the form of a turntable, which originated from the needs of religion and scientific research. At that time, the missionaries and researchers hoped to put more content in the limited pages space, and on the other hand, they wanted to three -dimensional pages space to achieve certain information finishing and combing functions. For example, through the turntable, missionaries can quickly find the corresponding astronomical and calendar information; medicine can show the number of pages and use the page to show the multi -layer human structure.

With the long Middle Ages of the West, these two functions have always existed but have not been created and developed. In this period, the three -time three -time three -time book exists in the form of "dynamic book", and the corresponding English is Movable Books.

By the 1990s, three -dimensional books ushered in better development opportunities. The U.S. Moving Book Association was established. One of the three -dimensional book masterpieces is endless. Each major publishing country basically has its own representative three -dimensional book masters. Every year, there are also colorful three -dimensional books.

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