La legatura dei libri antichi

Storia e conservazione

Title (it)
La legatura dei libri antichi
Subtitle (it)
Storia e conservazione
Language
Italian
Language
English
Description (it)
Bookbinding has always been a fundamental component of the book in codex form, a system for assembling the sheets containing the text and protecting them from the wounds of time and the manipulations associated with book use. In addition to their functionality, historical bookbindings can be considered mines of non textual information. In their multi-materiality, they reveal the complexity of craftsmanship, technological advancement, usage, trade, and even the faith of the human community that produced them. However, the interest in more than just decorating the covers in these objects is quite recent and it is related to the gradual understanding that books are artefacts to be safeguarded in their entirety as material historical evidence and part of our cultural heritage. The essays collected in this volume reflect different approaches to the study of historical bookbindings in the Western Mediterranean basin as well as in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds, including projects for the census of bindings, the study of written sources, the direct examination of book collections and the application of the methods of the archaeology of the book to analyse materials and structures involved in bookbinding manufacture. Terminologycal issues in their description are also addressed. Many different approaches help to place the book artefact in the historical context in which it was produced and to learn in detail about the technical characteristics of its production. Collezione: Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia 7
Keywords (it)
Digital visualisation • Bookbinding census • Romanesque • Yemen • Ethiopian bookbinding • Byzantine manuscripts • Cultural heritage • Dated manuscripts • Preservation • Bookbinding • France • Vatican Library • Antiquarianism • Unsupported link-stitch • Catalogue description • Leather • Thesaurus • Rebinding • Treatment • Coptic bookbinding • Manuscript studies • Inboard bindings • Arabic manuscripts • Codicology • Cataloguing • Greek-style bookbindings • Material history of manuscripts • Medieval bookbindings • Three-piece case bindings • Alum tawed skin • Biblioteca Malatestiana • Medieval bookbinders • Gold dust • Bookbinding materials and techniques • Book archaeology • Conservation • Mica • Ancient inventories • Bock-stamped leather doublures • Comparative studies • Biocodicology • Material culture • Adhesive case bindings • Ancient bindings • Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova • Manuscript • Vaticani latini 4195-4241 • Bookbinding history • National census • Collection • Archaeology of the book • Cambrai • Indonesian manuscripts • Terminology • Carolingian • Islamic world
DOI
10.30687/978-88-6969-820-0
ISBN
978-88-6969-820-0
ISBN
978-88-6969-884-2
Editor
Melania Zanetti
Licence Selected
CC BY 4.0 International
Organization Association
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia – Editoria > Edizioni Ca' Foscari
Pages or Volume
186 p
Series Title
Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia
Volume
7
Publishing Address
Venezia
Publisher
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press
Publication Date
2024-10-29