
If You Haven’t Heard of Treasure Binding, It’s Beautiful
Did you know that book covers as we know them didn’t exist before the 19th century? As far back as the Middle Ages (1100 – 1453), books were largely religious artifacts. Paper was precious, and as with most of history, spirituality influenced so many aspects of culture. In medieval Europe, only about 10% of men and 1% of women were literate. There were no need for books in the average home, so most of these remained relics of the Church. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go into a whole ramble about literacy and the history of books in general […]