Greek style
A 15th and 16th century style of blind tooled
binding in which the books had spines rising at
head and tail to protect the thick double
headbands which were striped in bright red and
blue. The thick wooden boards had grooved edges,
and clasp straps of triple braided thongs fastened
to pins set in the grooves. Greek texts, or even
translations from the Greek, were hound in this
manner in France and Italy, probably by Greek
craftsmen. (156. 347 )
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