08-04-2020, 07:42 AM
I usually avoid Pinterest (I prefer to go to original sites) and generally screen it out of my Web searches, but one of my searches included a hit on the Schoyen Collection (which always catches my eye) and that led me to this Pinterest page. For those interested in codicology and the VMS provenance, it has many interesting examples of medieval binding, including some that are limp vellum (like the VMS).
I've done some bookbinding. I have an antique book press and stitching frame. I haven't done a lot of it and it's a craft that takes years to master, but being a bibliophile, I wanted to learn something about it because it gives you a better appreciation for what you are seeing (or holding, if you are handling an antique book) and for how it was constructed, so I very much enjoyed this collection of images:
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I've done some bookbinding. I have an antique book press and stitching frame. I haven't done a lot of it and it's a craft that takes years to master, but being a bibliophile, I wanted to learn something about it because it gives you a better appreciation for what you are seeing (or holding, if you are handling an antique book) and for how it was constructed, so I very much enjoyed this collection of images:
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