Saturday 19 February 2011

Beauty of the human hand, part 2(a)/3






















This is a mid-sixteenth century binding in leather with decorative  tooled scroll work on a central oblong panel with a border of small heads and vases. The leather (probably sheep) is glued to wooden boards, and the spine has heavily raised bands.

2 comments:

  1. Can we see more of the pages from inside the book ?

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  2. Yes, but they are similar to the open book in section 2b/3. Glad you liked the binding, it's wonderful, isn't it? tpm.

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