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Esoteric Artisanship in Obscure Bookbindings
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  • 1. A complex 4-eyed Japanese binding stitch, obscure yet intricate.
  • 2. Name of a Japanese binding style using stab-stitched patterns from a port city.
  • 4. French-rooted word for raised decoration, integral to tactile binding arts.
  • 6. Fanciful obscure binding named after a doubloon, hinting at layered metalwork.
  • 7. A 19th c. term for Japanese accordion-style folding, poetic in fold.
  • 9. Unusual cover material made from animal skin, often vellum variant.
  • 12. Decorative surface treatment, Asian origin, creating glossy, sealed covers.
  • 13. A style mimicking ornate relic or reliquary shrine for sacred texts.
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  • 3. Rarified term referencing medieval shield-like cover emboldenments, from Zenaida bird.
  • 5. Flexible, non-wooden cover style; softness in cover lacking stiffening.
  • 8. Invented obscure term hinting to 'static plaque' style embossed on boards.
  • 10. Metalfastens in medieval covers, securing parchment with a hinge cryptically.
  • 11. Technique of applying gold leaf burnished by flame or heat in decoration.
  • 14. A rarely referenced term linking chestnut wood in bindings, cryptically woody.
  • 15. Uncommon term for a leather flap securing leaves, also a French word for file.

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