Bookbinding terms, materials, methods and models
URL / PDF
This beautifully illustrated booklet compiled by the Special Collections Conservation Unit
of the Preservation Department of Yale University Library is now online. It is a PDF version of the printed booklet on bookbinding included in the
Traveling Scriptorium (http://travelingscriptorium.library.yale.edu/) kit.
It contains sections on materials of Medieval bookbinding; terminology; Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic, and limp bindings; and a comprehensive bibliography.
It contains sections on materials of Medieval bookbinding; terminology; Carolingian, Romanesque, Gothic, and limp bindings; and a comprehensive bibliography.