Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Book 152 - A Medieval Limp Binding Leather Journal

After all the time I've been making these leather long stitch journals, I finally learned a name for them today. They are called medieval limp bindings and they go back to about the 14th century. Who knew?

This is a pretty little book. The leather is a lovely soft pale blue/green and I've stitched it with bright green waxed hemp cord. The paper is just lovely--Neenah "Sundance," a velvet-finish ivory paper with good weight. The pages are hand torn for a nice deckled edge. The book closes with a hand-looped cord in the same green hemp that wraps around a vintage bakelite button.

When I'm ready to start selling off this collection next year, this book will definitely sell. Nice...








2 comments:

  1. Indeed that will sell, a real beauty. Always hard for me to actually use something that beautiful, so hope it goes to a good home.

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  2. Oh yes! What a pretty and yet rustic little book. Nice!! :)

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