Bookbinding Model Collection, University of Iowa Libraries

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1. side-stabbed binding
  • early codex binding
  • wrapper
  • 1st - 4th centuries
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2. early codex, tacketed binding
  • wrapper
  • long-stitch
  • 1st - 4th centuries
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3. Nag Hammadi style, Egypt
  • early codex binding
  • wrapper
  • long stitch
  • 1st - 4th centuries
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4. early medieval book, covered
  • monastic/manuscript binding
  • laced
  • wooden board
  • 9th - 14th centuries
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5. early medieval book, covered
  • monastic/manuscript binding
  • laced
  • wooden board
  • 9th - 14th centuries
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6. early account book
  • stationers'/account binding
  • wrapper
  • long stitch
  • 9th - 15th centuries
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7. girdle book, northern Europe
  • monastic/manuscript binding
  • laced
  • wooden board
  • 15th century
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8. early account book
  • stationers'/account binding
  • wrapper
  • link stitch
  • limp vellum
  • 9th - 15th centuries
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9. Russian banded stationary binding
  • stationers'/account binding
  • ledger
  • 19th - 20th centuries
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10. encapsulation binding
  • modern hand binding
  • 20th century
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11. modern fine binding
  • modern hand binding
  • laced
  • 20th century
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12. modern fine binding
  • modern hand binding
  • laced
  • 20th century
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13. replica of the Stonyhurst Gospel
  • early codex binding
  • monastic/manuscript binding
  • laced
  • link stitch
  • wooden board
  • 5th - 8th centuries
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14. multi-quire codex, Egypt
  • early codex binding
  • link stitch
  • wooden board
  • 1st - 8th centuries
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photos: Steve Tatum