Szirmai, John - The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding
Szirmai, John - The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding Szirmai, John - The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding
Figure 2.5 The upper cover and back of the fourth-century Glazier codex (PML G 67; 120 x 106 mm) with a protective edge flap at the head. Diagram (inset) shows its two wrapping bands with ivory pegs (based on a photograph in Kebabian 1967 fig. 1).
Figure 2.6 Board attachment of early Coptic codices, based on the structure of the Glazier codex (PML G 67). Diagram fa] presents the inner lace of the covers, [b] shows a cross-section of the hinging thongs passing through the boards. but is less clear in its make-up. The number of holes along the spine edge of the board is much larger: 26 in each board of the Freer Gospels, 34 or 35 on Codex A and 38 or 40 on Codex B. Lamacraft's description of Codex A suggests that hinging was achieved with 34 or 35 individual thongs, which were 'glued down on the strip of vellum lining the back of the book, and were secured by the leather back being planted over them' (Lamacraft 1939 p. 221). Petersen (1948 p. 59) and later again van Regemorter (1958b p. 23 pi. 9) suggested that this large number of thongs had been made by incising both extensions of the back strip. On the Freer Gospels Petersen noticed further that its spine had been additionally lined with heavy linen cloth with extensions (25-30 mm); these extensions were stuck down to the inner face of the boards covering the thongs. 7 Originally the inner faces of the boards of the Freer Gospels were covered with parchment pastedowns; the same was found on Codices A and B, where the first and last leaf of the textblock were stuck down on the inner face of the boards, hiding the thongs which had first been covered with a strip of leather (Lamacraft 1939). As Codex C is the only full leather binding of the 11 codices under consideration, it is particularly unfortunate that Lamacraft could not record the attachment structure of the too-damaged boards of papyrus waste, but did record that 'the cover of goat-skin was decorated with pen and ink' (p. 232, fig. 8). The leather covering of the other codices seems to have been restricted to the back, in only a few cases well preserved and decorated. Still in
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Figure 2.5 <strong>The</strong> upper cover and back <strong>of</strong> the fourth-century Glazier codex (PML G 67; 120 x 106 mm) with a<br />
protective edge flap at the head. Diagram (inset) shows its two wrapping bands with ivory pegs (based on a photograph<br />
in Kebabian 1967 fig. 1).
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