The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0859679047 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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. 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
Throughout, Szirmai contests much conventional wisdom Szirmai's meticulous account will surely become essential reading for everyone responsible for the safekeeping of medieval books and their bindings.' NPO Journal 'Every aspect of this book is superb: The scholarship is meticulous, the language clear and graceful, the diagrams of structures are right there whenever a point needs to be illustrated, and the book itself is well printed (in Plantin, on acid-free paper) and well bound Each chapter has voluminous notes, and there is a lo
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. 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 li
"Early book structures analysed, described and illustrated" according to C. W. Johnson. Histories of bookbinding almost all concentrate on the outward appearance and decoration, and ignore the construction of the book.This is a great exception.It is a very well written history of the early book from the very earliest codex forms, extremely well illustrated through photographs and beau. EXTRAORDINARY! A scholarly study of medieval bookbindings filled with new information as well as references to previous studies on the subject both successful and unsuccessful in the light of modern research. The truly magnificent aspect of the book, however, is it's illustrations. Close up photos and detailed dr. The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding Exceptional! I have been working with a copy from our library, and kept looking through and writting notes like carzy. I finally found the BML feature and decided that this was the plan for me.Now, I have my own copy! My own!This book is a a pleasure to read, work with and own.If, you can possible