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The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

Exhibition

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat

Museum of Book and Printing of Ukraine4 February 2026 — 26 March 2026Музей книги і друкарства України

Boards, leather, brass clasps. The clasps are not ornament: parchment cockles with damp, and the book had to be held shut to stay a book.

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The Book as an Engineering Structure

A codex must open, hold its shape and not fall apart — all at once.

The Leather Is Darker on Top Than Underneath

The books lay in stacks, and light reached only the topmost.

Not All the Bindings Were Opened — Only the Models

The section is shown on replicas made by a binder using the old technique.

A Binding with One Clasp Instead of Two

The second was lost long ago, and over centuries the block has warped.

The Binding That Kept the Parchment Flat: About Clasps

Brass clasps are not ornament but necessity: parchment cockles.

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