An ancient manuscript that has preserved in the form of a text. These codices are bound together in groups of quires, which are groups of sheets of material that are double-sided and used to write on, specifically those sheets are called folio’s. These are all bound onto the binding by a form of adhesive. Some codices were preserved well enough to be viewed and used today, and some were lost. This form of manuscripts, as well as the other types, where considered important and represented the value of learning in the societies that had them. One of the important texts that are used today, and in our class, are the Letters of Heloise and Abelard from Roman de la Rose which is in the form of a miniature. These manuscripts were often decorated
