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Demo Book
A combination of the best illumination and calligraphy from two books
made for collectors.
5x7
Not for Sale
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The book is bound into quarter sawn oak boards that were beveled in sections on the outer faces. I originally planned to make corner bosses with folding down edges, but my priority was to finish in time for the Virginia Festival of the Book, and I just did not have the time. Then I realized that the book actually looks great without them. I may add them, but the brass would clash with the bronze on the clasp. The clasp is based on a Romanesque type. A strap with hardware reminiscent of a comet is anchored in a recess on the back cover. The strap itself is very thin red leather wrapped around a piece of parchment to resist stretching. It terminates in the comet head, a tab that slides down over a pin that protrudes from the center of the front cover. Even the pin is mounted in a flower disk. The dark blue goat leather cover is richly stamped in a gothic diaper pattern. There are small accents of genuine gold leaf gilding on the front and back. See how I make such a medieval book HERE |