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The Development of Bookbinding Structures in the Early Middle Ages

其他書名	During the Period S. III - S. IX/X, as Evidenced by Extant Binding Structures from Egypt and Western Europe
出版	University of London, 1993
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ysbgnAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This thesis traces the development of bookbinding structures during the early middle ages (s. iii - s. ix/x) as evidenced by the extant binding structures and fragments of bindings from Egypt and Western Europe. The physical evidence of structural features is of primary interest, although where appropriate, use is made of palaeographical evidence as a tool to date and locate the text. -- The thesis is presented in two parts. The first part introduces and defines the subject and presents early medieval book structures as an area of study. It proceeds to a critical examination of the work of a number of authors considered important to the foundation of the study of historical bindings. After a discussion of the antecedents and introduction of the codex form the thesis examines in detail the earliest evidence to be found in a Coptic, i.e. Christian Egyptian, milieu, followed by the earliest evidence in a Western European context. The final section of part one consists of an analysis of the material contained in the second part of the thesis. -- This second part contains a catalogue of binding structures and fragments found in collections in Egypt and Western Europe. Through an analysis of this material, the structural changes in bookbinding techniques during the early middle ages are demonstrated. -- It is argued that the extent to which differences in specific structural details represent regional variations in binding techniques has been underestimated by previous researchers. It is further argued that the significance of repairs and rebindings during the period from the twelfth to the sixteenth century has been almost entirely overlooked. The thesis demonstrates the use of a variety of repair techniques associated with particular parts of the binding-structure of books.