Goff J-549
Justinianus, Digestum vetus
  Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1482
  f°  Leaf: 343 x 230mm
  Ref: HC 9550*; Pr 2026; BMC II 423; GW 7662; BSB-Ink C-602
  
Huntington Library
494929
 
Provenance
Au am Inn, Augustinian canons, St. Felicitas - Joannes Venator

Binding
Contemporary, German
City or Locale: Ingolstadt(?)
Workshop: Johannes Euring(?)
                    Kyriss 154(?)
                    EBDB w000039(?)

 

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Other details
  Covering: none
  Endbands: none
  Boards: beech
  Supports: cords
  Edges: yellow
  Binding waste: none
  Text finish: rubricated, red and blue
                      
 
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Notes: The covering leather has completely worn away or been removed from this binding, revealing a remarkable book structure. The sewing supports are attached to the wooden boards with wedges that are carved to extend the profiles of the slightly divided double cords. This particular method has been found only on bindings from Bavaria, and it can be observed quite often on bindings attributed to Johannes Euring (Kyriss 154), the university binder at Ingolstadt in the late 15th century. In most other Euring bindings the covering leather is still intact, but the wooden wedges can often be detected under the leather. It is certainly a labor-intensive method of board attachment, and the shaping and fitting of these wedges is amazingly precise. A wonderful artifact!
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