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Exquisite Artifacts of Bookbinding Lore
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  • 1. Outer leather bearing the book’s heraldic badge
  • 4. Dimensional change tormenting parchment and leather alike
  • 6. Fine decorative strips, deceptively similar in form
  • 8. Patterned effect often swirling on fresh endpapers
  • 10. Framework used to shape voluminous bindings or folds
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  • 2. Unintentional movement betraying loose sewing threads
  • 3. Heavy wood forming the book’s base stabilizer
  • 5. Wood swollen by water, not fit for a spine
  • 7. First page greeting, often hidden in plain sight
  • 9. Folded flap concealing the joint between boards
  • 11. Edge decorations bordering medieval manuscript leaves
  • 12. Tiny flaw often masked beneath a fine cover
  • 13. Narrow strip securing sewing supports like a lace
  • 14. Book interior snugly trapped in a sturdy shell
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