{"id":17482,"date":"2023-01-15T05:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=17482"},"modified":"2023-01-15T05:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T05:42:51","slug":"sorenson-2023-congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/sorenson-2023-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorenson (2023 Congress)"},"content":{"rendered":"

David W. Sorenson
\n(Allen Berman Numismatist<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

“Some Medieval Islamic Bookbindings:
\nA Ghost Story”<\/h2>\n

Abstract of Paper
\npresented at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies
\n(Kalamazoo, 2023)<\/h3>\n

Session on “Bound But Not Gagged: The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings”
\nPart 2 (of 2):\u00a0 “Diverse Regional Techniques”<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Organized by William H. Campbell
\nCo-organized by Mildred Budny<\/h4>\n

Co-Sponsored by the RGME and
\n<\/strong>the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023 Congress Program<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the generally flimsy nature of bookbindings in the Islamic world, early bindings of well-consulted texts are uncommon, and rebound, or simply disbound, examples are all too common. Occasionally remnants of the earlier bindings remain, whether as sewing-holes and threads, remnants of binding boards \u2014 often made up of pressed leaves of earlier MSS material \u2014 or as flyleaves remaining from the earlier bindings.<\/p>\n

In this paper we will examine some examples of these \u201cghost bindings\u201d, to see what we can learn from them.<\/p>\n

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David has frequently participated in RGME Sessions at the ICMS, and at our events elsewhere.\u00a0 We thank him for his contributions.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n