Tied and Bound: A Comparative View on Manuscript Binding
Every book form – from China to West Africa, from Europe to Mesopotamia – requires a way to secure cohesion of its constituent elements and keep them together. Whereas codex binding, as it still appears in modern printed books, is a familiar device, a comparative view on how things have been kept to...
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| التنسيق: | Online |
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| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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De Gruyter
2023
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | ONIX_20231020_9783111292069_24 |
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| الملخص: | Every book form – from China to West Africa, from Europe to Mesopotamia – requires a way to secure cohesion of its constituent elements and keep them together. Whereas codex binding, as it still appears in modern printed books, is a familiar device, a comparative view on how things have been kept together in historic and current manuscript cultures provides an eye-opening survey of the variety of strategies applied to tie and bind manuscripts. |
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