The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding

TitleThe Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1999
AuthorsSzirmai, J.A.
Number of Pages352 pp.
PublisherAshgate
CityAldershot, England
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780859679046
Annotation

pt. I. Mediterranean heritage
first single-quire Coptic codices
first multi-quire Coptic codices
Late Coptic codices
Ethiopian codex
Islamic codex
Byzantine codices

pt. II. Medieval Codex in the Western world
Carolingian bindings
Romanesque bindings
Gothic bindings
Limp bindings