gold and silver bindings
Bookbindings having boards overlaid with thin
panels of gold or silver, often in hammered
relief, and sometimes inlaid with ivory, enamel,
or jewels. Most of these bindings date from the
6th to the 13th centuries and were frequently
executed for wealthy monasteries or churches to
enclose their more valuable manuscripts. Very few
have survived intact. (347 )
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