Bookbinding

A press release (with photos) from a 2002-2003 exhibit of 16th century bookbindings.

Pictures of the construction of the vigil book Brother Conchobar did for Master Avery Austringer. Describes some of the steps, as they're done.

The development of leather hand book binding design, a less than scholarly review of the history of hand leather bookbinding designs as exemplified by creations from antiquity -A History of Bookbinding Decoration 15th to 21st Century Exemplified by the Old Masters & Retrospectives Executed by the atelier of Weitz, Weitz & Coleman

Although numerous books, both theoretical and practical, have been published on the subject of bookbinding and the conservation of archival materials, there would seem to be a need for one that approaches the subject by examining the meaning and usage of the many terms, expressions, and names pertaining to the various subjects.

Although this dictionary is intended first and foremost for those actively involved in one or more aspects of the overall field of bookbinding and book conservation, it is perhaps no less intended for those working in related fields where the many terms and expressions relating to the overall field may be less familiar and even more confusing.

A guideline to bookbindin g history.

Information and images for selected items from the Library's rich collection of fine bindings of books printed in western Europe from the 15th century to the present day.

I have long noticed that there are few period illuminate d documents that look like what most scribes in the SCA produce. That's not a bad thing, of course! Most scribes look to illuminate d manuscript s for their models when creating SCA award documents. When Mistress Therica Pembroke of Stonegate Manor kindly asked me to do the scroll for her after she received an Award of the Doe's Grace, I took the opportunit y to use this non-deadli ne assignment to do some exploring. Since I would be using books as my primary model, I decided to do the award as a book.

An outline on copybooks and commonplace books in period, and suggestions for what to include in them.

Ireland seems to be the only country to have used book shrines extensivel y. This paper is a brief overview of what the Irish did with their books.

The personal site of Elizabeth de Nevell and Conchobar mac Gabhann encompassing a wide range of activities which include book binding, calligraphy, illumination, illustration, paper making, printing, and the preparation of various supplies which are needed in order to create a book or manuscript.

Photo and descriptio n of a stamped leather binding from 1568.

A systematic, qualitative survey of sixty fifteenth-century books from Italy and the Netherlands investigated the materials and structures of their bindings.

Among the many innovations that transformed Europe in the Middle Ages, perhaps none was more central than the metamorphosis of the written word.

From museum exhibit which explored the materials and techniques used to create the lavishly illuminated manuscripts produced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Blind tooling is the most common decorative technique found on bindings up until the sixteenth century.

An online display of over 200 bindings, including many pre-17th century bindings.

Whereas European bookbinder s overcame the limitation s of the scroll by developing the codex, the Japanese developed an intermedia te solution, a simple concertina book (orihon), which evolved into a group of sub-styles .

Binding from the online collection of National Library of the Netherland s. Bible. Limburg (Maastrich t?), second half of the fourteenth century.

A bibliograp hy of sources on several leatherwor king-relat ed subjects compiled from the catalogue of the specialist library collection at the Walsall Leather Museum.

Includes sections on finds from excavations; leathergoods manufacture; knife sheaths; shoes; parchment; books, boxes, & book boxes; and saddlery.

From the Victoria and Albert Museum. PDF of instructions geared toward children.

Notes and photos on the binding of a late 14th/early 15th century book.

Images of a late 14th/Early 15th century manuscript from an unknown location in its original binding.

A description of medieval bookbinding, with extant examples and books as they appear in period artwork.

Notes and images on "MS 8", a French manuscript from 1340 in its original binding.

Description of the bookbinding and photos of the tooled leather on a 14th century French book.

Focuses on Czech bookbindings, but includes photos of medieval examples (and facsimiles of medieval bookbindings).

Binding from the online collection s of National Library of the Netherland s. Book of Hours. Leiden, 1497 or shortly before.

Binding from the online collection s of National Library of the Netherland s. Made by Christophe r Plantin for the Emperor Charles V. Antwerp, 1550.

Images of a 15th century German manuscript in its original bindings along with some observations about the book.

Notes on binding used on a 15th century German book.

Manuscript production in Anglo-Saxon England.

A discussion group for SCA bookbinders and those interested in scribal sciences such as paper making, ink and pigment creation, pen and quill making, etc.

Information on binding and covering books in period styles.

Early books. Construction, size. References.

Course Syllbaii

The Book and Paper Group Annual is published once a year by the Book and Paper Group (BPG), a specialty group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).

By Henri Bouchot of the National Library, Paris, with a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places.

Simple, small books appropriate for largess.

In the 16th and 17th centuries embroidery came into fashion in England, and embroidered bookbindings were most popular under the Tudors and Stuarts.

An unofficial group within the SCA which offers an open forum for the exchange of information concerning the arts and technology of medieval book creation. The College promotes inquiry into a variety of period book arts: papermaking, bookbinding, binding decorations, calligraphy and illumination, wood block prints, and printing.

The Schøyen Collection comprises most types of manuscripts from the whole world spanning over 5000 years. It is the largest private manuscript collection formed in the 20th century.

Sometimes, medieval and renaissance books need a little bit of help moving on to inform the next generation. The lab provides that help.