Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding

Summary: "This is not a book for the faint of heart, but it is one that will be hard for anybody studying the medieval book to avoid, for many years to come. This is because J.A. Szirmai has assembled for the first time a detailed history of bookbinding structures from the earliest known examples down to the end of the Middle Ages....[This book] deserves to be on the shelves of any individual or institution that concerns itse...lf with the medieval book." [read more]