jeweled bindings
Bookbindings having gilt metal plates covered with
enamel work and plaques in metal or ivory, and
embellished with jewels. Jeweled bindings were
produced in many areas of the Continent of Europe,
notably in France and Germany, from about the 6th
to the 14th centuries, and in England during the
Middle Ages. Very few, however, have survived
intact. These jeweled covers actually represented
the work of the jeweler, goldsmith, and
silversmith, more than the bookbinder. Jewels were
also at times used on leather bindings in the 19th
century, but it was not until shortly after the
turn of the century that the jeweled binding
became an established style, culminating in
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