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Making Manuscripts

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: 3

Scope and Contents

A video (http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/videoDetails?cat=2&segid=372) created by the J. Paul Getty Museum (1988) in which WA demonstrates sewing on signatures and other aspects of binding medieval manuscripts. Present here is a 96 page script, each page dated August 1988. Three pages, 54-56, concern "Binding the Manuscript" and refer to WA filmed sewing on sections. The video continues to be widely shown to explain the construction of early illuminated manuscripts. For other videos featuring WA, see the Standards Seminars in the Guild of Book Workers Library.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984-1989

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 1.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
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