Limp vellum

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Limp vellum is a bookbinding method used commonly in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The limp vellum binding was typically used for prayer books and small textbooks in octavo format. The cover was made with a single piece of vellum, folded around the textblock, the front and back covers would be folded double. The signatures were sewn onto cords such as alum-tawed thongs and the sewing supports would be laced into the vellum cover. The thongs would also often be used at the fore edge of the covers to create a closure or tie. ^[1]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Barrios, Pamela: "Notes on the Limp Vellum Binding", p. 24. The Bonefolder 2:2, 2006

[edit] External links

• Fletcher Durant's historical bookbinding models
• Barrios, Pamela (2006). "Notes on the Limp Vellum Binding" (pdf). The Bonefolder 2 (2). ISSN 1555-6565.