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Volvelles are one of the oldest forms of movable parts in books. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, volvelle is from medieval Latin volvella or volvellum, most likely from the Latin verb volvĕre, “to turn.” The OED defines volvelle as “an old device consisting of one or more movable circles surrounded by other graduated or … Continue reading "Volvelles – Movable Circles in Books"
Some more wheel charts [aka volvelles]. Click on the volvelle tag for more examples.
Rotating structures return today with volvelles. The oldest surviving volvelle was made in 1306 by Raymond Lulli, a Spanish alchemist, and was used for astrology. The one pictured above is from the Gutun Owain manuscript in the National Library in Wales, and shows the positions of the sun and moon in the zodiac. Here's a…
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from Reinventing the Wheel, by Jessica Helfand (I don't own this volvelle)
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Throughout the centuries volvelles (wheel charts) have been used for such diverse purposes as teaching anatomy, making astronomical predictions, creating secret codes, and telling fortunes.
The earliest examples of volvelles in a music text
Composition on the birth of Louis XIV, with the King depicted as an infant seated on a chariot led by Victory; circular, with border of Zodiac animals; illustration originally executed for 'Médailles sur les principaux évènements du règne de Louis le Grand' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1702), but left out of the book. 1684/1702 Etching
Within a 15th century almanac in Lambeth Palace Library (MS 454) is a set of rotatable disks sewn together at their centre and attached to a manuscript page. This calculating device is called a ‘volvelle’, a word that comes from the Latin volvere, meaning ‘to turn’. With it in hand, the medieval reader could track…
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Blog about 16th century science. Includes volvelles
Volvelles or wheel charts – paper constructions with rotating parts – have their origins in astronomy and science as early as the 15th century. Volvelles (Latin verb, to turn), are considered the forefathers of computing.
Volvelles are those little paper wheels that help organize information. Yale has hundreds of them.
Planetaria is an exhibition of visual poems by Monica Ong that playfully takes poetry off the page as handheld volvelles, poetry broadsides, and…
Almost since the codex first came to prominence in the 4th century CE "artists, philosophers, scientists, and book designers have tried to challenge the book's bibliographic boundaries. They have added flaps, revolving parts, and other movable pieces to enhance the text:" Ann Montanaro, founder of the Movable Book Society, whom we have quoted above (and whose bibliographies about movable books are the standard references for this subject), also notes that It is not known who invented the first mechanical device in a book, but one of the earliest examples was produced in the 13th century by Catalan mystic and poet Ramon Llull of Majorca who used a revolving disc or volvelle...to illustrate his theories. Throughout the centuries volvelles have been used for such diverse purposes as teaching anatomy, making astronomical predictions, creating secret codes, and telling fortunes. Yet, while it...
