Bookbinding

Turning sheets into a book. Sewing, the gathering and the signature, boards and leather and gold tooling, the fore-edge painting hidden until you fan the pages, the treasure binding in metal and jewels, and the conservators repairing all of it now.

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46 moments in this segment.

  1. - Arithmetica boetij. - Upper cover (IA6659). Style: Knotwork/ropework|Panel design; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Brown; Edge: Unspecified
  2. - Manipulus curatorum.- - Upper cover (IA2103). Style: Unspecified; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Unspecified
  3. - Ausspru?che der philosophirenden Vernunft und des reinen Herzens u?ber die der Menschheit wichtigsten Gegensta. Style: Plain; Caption: Upper and lower cover and spine; Colour: Brown; Edge: Red
  4. - Vite... de gli huomini illustri Greci et Romani...tradotta per M ludovico Domenichi et altri - Upper cover (Da. Style: Pictorial; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Stained|Blue
  5. - Aucto nuevo del Santo Nacimiento de Christo nuestro Senor. - Upper cover (c63b2). Style: Armorial|Hand motif; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified
  6. - Auto do dia do Juizo - Upper cover (c63b19). Style: Armorial|Hand motif; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified
  7. - Auto dos Escrivaens do Pelourinho. - Upper cover (c63b24). Style: Armorial|Hand motif; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Green; Edge: Unspecified
  8. - Embroidered binding of Chaucer's Floure and the Leafe. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  9. - Behind the scenes at the New York Public Library conservation lab. NYPL conservators show how damaged books and paper are stabilised and repaired.
  10. - Inside the National Archives conservation lab. A paper conservator repairs an 18th-century illustrated document at the US National Archives.
  11. - Marteaux reliure Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve. Bookbinders’ tools and equipment, knives, presses, finishing tools and marbling gear. Modern photograph.
  12. - KunstpalastDSCF6453. A girdle book, a late-medieval binding with a long leather tail, knotted so the book could hang from a belt. Modern photograph.
  13. - Atelier de reliure Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve n4. Bookbinders’ tools and equipment, knives, presses, finishing tools and marbling gear. Modern photograph.
  14. - KunstpalastDSCF6454. A girdle book, a late-medieval binding with a long leather tail, knotted so the book could hang from a belt. Modern photograph.
  15. - Atelier de reliure Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve n6. Bookbinders’ tools and equipment, knives, presses, finishing tools and marbling gear. Modern photograph.
  16. - The restoration of books after the Florence flood. A record of the international effort to save books damaged by the 1966 flood of the Arno in Florence.
  17. - Rights of man - Upper cover (c183aa12). Banned and challenged books, library displays, protests and censorship campaigns. Modern photograph.
  18. - Fournitures de couture (reliure). Bookbinders’ tools and equipment, knives, presses, finishing tools and marbling gear. Modern photograph.
  19. - A tour of the Smithsonian book conservation lab. Smithsonian Libraries conservators show the tools and treatments used on their collections.
  20. - An old book with binding broken from use. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  21. - Conserving the binding of the Salzinnes Antiphonal. Canadian Conservation Institute staff treat the binding of a large 16th-century illuminated choirbook.
  22. - Traditional bookbinding on the production line. How It's Made follows a book through the traditional case-binding process.
  23. - The medieval girdle book. Margit J. Smith discusses her study of the 26 known surviving girdle books, the portable binding with a knotted tail for hanging from a belt.
  24. - Conserving Trinity's Old Library. Trinity College Dublin on the redevelopment intended to protect the 18th-century Long Room building and its collections.
  25. - Fifteenth-century binding method. A bookbinder demonstrates a 15th-century sewing and covering structure as part of a practical medieval binding series.
  26. - Ethiopian bookbinding and its variations. Eliana dal Sasso surveys the structures of Ethiopian binding for the Consortium of European Research Libraries.
  27. - Limp binding. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  28. - Bound for Versailles: a bookbindings collection. The Morgan Library presents a collection of French royal bookbindings as objects of craft and status.
  29. - Dragon scale binding revived. A Chinese craftsman revives longlin zhuang, the thousand-year-old overlapping-page binding that predates the stitched book.
  30. - The BnF-Richelieu restoration, 2016-2022. Detailed French conference on the heritage works at the BnF's Richelieu site, including how collections were moved and stored during the project.
  31. - Restoring a 17th-century Persian book. A conservator repairs a 17th-century Persian manuscript using traditional materials and techniques.
  32. - Conservation at the British Library. A tour of the studio where conservators care for manuscripts, maps and bindings.
  33. - Bringing books back to life. Inside the British Library conservation studio, where a damaged book is treated like a patient.
  34. - Cleaning a five-hundred-year-old embroidered book. A British Library conservator works on a tiny embroidered binding in the conservation studio.
  35. - How a book is made today. Book Manufacturers' Institute walks through modern print methods and binding lines.
  36. - Restoring the world's most precious books. A report from inside a manuscript conservation lab on stabilising parchment and paper that is actively deteriorating.
  37. - A medieval leather binding with brass clasps. A binder makes a leather-covered book with blind tooling, hand sewing on double cords and metal clasps.
  38. - How a leatherbound book is made. A publisher documents the production of a leather-bound edition, from printing through foil stamping and casing-in.
  39. - Sewing a medieval girdle book. Cat Tail Run Bookbinding sews a text block on double raised cords with sewn endbands for a girdle book.
  40. - Example of sewn perfect binding. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  41. - Example of hardcover sewn perfect binding with a possibly false cloth reinforcement. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  42. - Example of a book with a burst binding. Bookbinding, the sewn quires, boards and covering that turn printed sheets into a book. Modern photograph.
  43. - How to fix a book: hinge repair to page tears. A Huntington Library conservator demonstrates standard book repair techniques.
  44. - Behind the craft of conserving rare books. A conservator at a university library bindery explains the decisions involved in treating a rare book.
  45. - Working out medieval packed sewing. Four Keys Book Arts reverse-engineers the packed sewing structure seen on original medieval bindings.
  46. - Decorative tools (bookbinding). Decorative tools, including flowers, circles, stars, and leaves, for decorating bookbindings
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