Many types of bookbinding were used around the world pre-1600 AD. I have been exploring these different styles and attempting to recreate many of them, starting with the non-European styles.
Bound Together: a series of blog posts providing a brief overview of bookbinding styles in different regions of the world
- Bound Together: Bookbinding Around the World
- Bound Together: Asia (part 1)
- Bound Together: Asia (part 2)
- Bound Together: Coptic, Ethiopian, & Byzantine
- To be continued
Islamic/Ottoman style bookbinding:
- Bookmaking in the Medieval Islamic Lands
- 15th c. Ottoman Embroidered Velvet-covered Book
- The Making of a Book in the Medieval Islamic Manner
- Faizeh’s Vigil Book
- Books for Caid Largesse Derby
A Display of Middle Eastern Bookbinding Styles: a collection of books I made in the common styles used in the Middle East and North Africa pre-1600
- Early Coptic
- Late Coptic
- Byzantine (to be posted soon)
- Ethiopian (to be posted soon)
For anyone interested in the development of the book and the transition between different styles over time, here’s a brief (relatively speaking) overview using Egypt as a case study: History of the Book in Egypt
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