A01=J.A. Szirmai
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Author_J.A. Szirmai
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Byzantine Codex
Byzantium
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Chamois Leather
codicology techniques
comparative codex binding analysis
Coptic Codices
Double Cord
edge
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Grosdidier De Matons
historical book structures
holes
Integral Sewing
Inter-station Distance
Lacing Paths
Leather Covering
library preservation science
Link Stitch
manuscript conservation
medieval manuscript repair
Outer Face
palaeography studies
sewing
Sewing Holes
Sewing Stations
Sewing Supports
Sewing Thread
spine
Spine Edge
stations
support
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Thread Movement
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Van Regemorter
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Product details
- ISBN 9780859679046
- Weight: 920g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 and the USA. It surveys the evolution of binding structures from the introduction of the codex two thousand years ago to the close of the Middle Ages. Part I reviews the scanty physical evidence from the Mediterranean heritage, the early Coptic, Islamic and Ethiopian binding structures and their interrelation with those of the Byzantine realm. Part II is devoted to a detailed analysis of Western binding techniques, distinguishing the carolingian, romanesque and gothic wooden-board bindings as the main typological entities; their structure and function is compared with those of contemporary limp bindings. The book is illustrated with over 200 drawings and photographs and contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Professor J.A.Szirmai spent twenty years in medical research before becoming a professional designer bookbinder and later a scholar in the history of binding techniques.
