From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V2 #10 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Sunday, May 17 1998 Volume 02 : Number 010 In this issue: Re: [scribes]: Re: binding in vellum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 13:50:24 -0500 (EST) From: john j cash Subject: Re: [scribes]: Re: binding in vellum Dear folks, Information from Rick's posting goes: "Binding books in vellum was a fairly late practice." Perhaps Chaucer qualifies as "late" but I prefer to think of him as "middle". He refers to a set of books bound in red-dyed vellum; it was a cheaper substitute for leather bindings, and didn't last as long. (a modern equivalent might be paperbacks). -- johannes v.n. ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V2 #10 ****************************