Tag Archives: Children’s book on a stick

15 Most Innovative Books in the World

Want to witness the height of creativity? People are really creative when it comes to books. Do go through the following books and be awed by their majestic demeanour!

Miniature circular book, 1480

Miniature-round-book-picture-1-540x334

Miniature-round-book-picture-3Miniature-round-book-picture-2

This exceptional book, and a masterpiece, Codex Rotundus, was crafted around 1480. It was a book of hours, a Christian devotional book popular in medieval ages, written in Latin in French. Despite being only 9 cm m in diameter, it consists of 266 pages. The book spine measures only 3 cm, so the book must be held together by 3 clasps. The clasps are monograms shaped in the form of different gothic alphabetic letters. The creator of Codex Rotundus, anonymous book painter from Bruges, Belgium, not only beautifully designed the text inside the round pages, but also painted 30 exceptional initials. Continue reading 15 Most Innovative Books in the World