Calligraphic wonders and complex allegorical symbols.
Pages bound with gilt burnished edges.
Burgundy Velvet with silk damask linings
..and seal clasps.
The ability to print words (1440) simply made handwritten and illustrated works more valuable - only the elite could afford these works of art, and the man hours spent creating them.
Many manuscripts collected previously were burnt by Henry VIII and the Reformation <<good band name>>, and many Ancient books were rebound in Leather during the Victorian Era.
The Felbrigge Salter is the oldest book from England to have an embroidered bookbinding.
17th-century embroidered binding, meditation on the life and doctrines of Christ.
whole books of psalms 17C
Treasure binding : Codex Aureus Sankt Emmeram 870
Mondsee Gospels Treasure binding, made 11/12C , heavily restored 19C
Inscribed: around image of Crucifixion: [paraphrase of Hosea 13:14]
mors xpi mors mortis erat tuus infere morsus
[ The death of Christ was the death of death, rendering its sting impotent ]
Material: Silver gilt, copper gilt, gold foil, niello, ivory, rock crystal, ink or paint, wood, leather, silk
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