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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Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
Series:Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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