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- Date:
- c. 1500
- Reference:
- MS.738
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- Online
About this work
Description
Type of binding: Cartonnage (one-piece case)
Sewing structure: 2 laced in sewing supports (likely to be made of alum tawed skin)
Hand-written title on the spine of the paper cover
Through the pastedowns it is possible to observe that the turn-ins are stuck along the edges directly onto the cover (gluing down the fore-edges first and the head and tail above them)
The book-block is made up of 12 sections:
Section 1: 4 bifolia
Section 2: 5 bifolia
Section 3: 3 bifolia
Sections 4-8: 4 bifolia
Section 9: 2 bifolia
Sections 10-12: 4 bifolia
Assembled in this way:
Upper pastedown, upper flyleaf, 12 sections, lower pastedown
The original failing sewing thread was relatively recently reinforced during conservation treatments, and some paper repairs were done at some of the folios, and the upper and lower inner hinges of the cover have been strengthened with strips of Japanese paper adhered with wheat starch paste. Visible signs of liquid damage, especially at the edges.
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Acquisition note
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores
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Accession number
- 64373