Tied and bound : a comparative view on manuscript binding / edited by Alessandro Bausi and Michael Friedrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bausi, Alessandro, editor.

Friedrich, Michael, 1955- editor.

Series:

Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 33.

Studies in manuscript cultures, 2365-9696 ; volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bookbinding--History.

Bookbinding.

Manuscripts--History.

Manuscripts.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 389 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Comparative view on manuscript binding

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]

Contents:

Overviews of Traditions

Binding Cuneiform Tablets in One Unit / Cécile Michel

Bindings of Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wood Scrolls / Thies Staack

Chains, Links, and Loops: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Sewing Structure in Eastern Mediterranean Bookbinding / Georgios Boudalis

Bindings, Bags and Boxes: Sewn and Unsewn Manuscript Formats in the Islamic World / Karin Scheper

Strategies for Binding Pothi Manuscripts / Giovanni Ciotti

Guṭakās from North-Western India: An Introduction to Their Structures and Materials / Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes

Features of Binding

Papyrus Rolls as Archives: The tomoi sunkollēsimoi / Francesca Maltomini

Ethiopian and Coptic Sewing Techniques in Comparison / Eliana Dal Sasso

Loose-leaf Islamic Manuscripts of West Africa: Retention, Adaptation or Invention? / Dmitry Bondarev

Legacy of Binding

Bound to be Rebound: Fates of Latin Manuscripts in Late Antiquity / Serena Ammirati

Bound and Unbound: A Chinese Codex from Dunhuang and Its Pieces / Imre Galambos

Binding or Rebinding at the St Catherine's Monastery of Sinai / Nikolas Sarris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9783111290744

3111290743

OCLC:

1384411900

Publisher Number:

9783111290744