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Re: Bookbinding history?

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LMiller435_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 06:33:10 PDT

Sharon,

There was Coptic binding, which is an open binding from around 400 AD in
Ethiopia. The covers were from wood or metal, rigid materials, which the Coptic
binding allows.

Go to http://booklab.bookways.com/models

I found it on Google. There's plenty more, but I have to go to school and
make order from chaos before Tuesday.

Leslie in Framingham, MA 

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