A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, editor, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 205
and silver wire, seed pearls, and metalic spangles. Wire wasat first imported from the East; when twisted or coiled in a spiral manner and cut intoshort lengths, like beads, it is called purl, whence purflbig, from pour filer, meaning tothread on. Purl was first imported into England in the… … BINDING OF HOLY BIBLE, 1646, EMBROIDERED IN COLOURED SILKS AND GOLD THREAD OBI WHITE SATIN. {From the original in the British Museum.) silken or flaxen cord, but sometimes extremely fine wire of the metal itself is usedwithout the strengthening cord. Cheap and worthless imitations of all these…
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