Armenian binding, 17th century, 2001

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Title: Armenian binding, 17th century, 2001
Creator: Leino, Shanna
Photographer: Tatum, Steven
Date Created: 2001
Acquisition Date: 2001
Description: This model, constructed by Shanna Leino, is a replica of a 17th century copy of the Hayrapet Gospels (Ms. 996), housed in the Godspeed library.
Notes: See also 9-14a.13 and f9-14a.15.
Craft Context: Manuscript production
Cultural Context: Eastern Christian
Educational Feature: Historical prototype
Language: English
Subject: Time: Centuries of prevalence:
16th century CE
17th century CE
18th century CE
Collection Identifier: 17a.01
Physical Description: 1 model
16 x 13 x 6 cm
Cover Type: rigid
Board Type: wooden board
Cover Materials: calfskin leather
blue linen lining
Board Decoration: blind tooling
foredge flap
Spine Decoration: blind tooling
Binding Style: laced binding
wooden-board binding
tight back binding
Sewing Type: supported
Sewing Support Type and Material: vegetable fiber cord
Sewing Pattern: all-along
Cover-To-Text Block Attachment Style: laced
Spine Shape: round
Endband Style: supported
chevron
Text Block Description: multi-signature
paper
handmade flax
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Conservation and Collections Care
Digitization Specifications: Photographed with a Nikon D70 camera at 300 ppi, 8 bit color per channel. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital: 2007-02-12
Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the Conservation Unit of the University of Iowa Libraries, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University of Iowa Libraries.
Contact Information: Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Conservation and Collections Care at https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/conservation/
Item Type (DCMI): Still image
Item Type (Local): Monastic binding
Manuscript binding
Item Type (IMT): jpeg