[PDF.96lj] The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding

The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding

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 | #1310581 in Books |  1999-08-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.25 x8.00 x1.25l,2.60 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| a scholarly classic|By Anne L. Murray|I am a journeyman bookbinder and still have much to learn about the craft. This book provides a wealth of information for those who wish to restore or recreate bindings from the medieval period. The text is a scholarly treatment of the subject and so is rather ponderous at times, but well worth working through. I am glad to own this book!| |'Dr Szirmai has filled gap of long standing in the history of the book. No comprehensive study of medieval bookbinding structure exists and certainly not one that is so detailed and wide ranging... An excellent and extensive bibliography and a detailed index c

In the past, studies of the history of bookbinding were mainly concerned with the exterior decoration. This book focuses attention primarily on the physical aspects of the binding and its construction principles. It is an expanded version of a series of lectures delivered by the author while Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam in 1987, supplemented with the results of ten years of intensive research in major libraries on the Continent, the United Kingdom ...

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