About a month ago i came across this video and today i finally finished my medieval book. I repeated everything except brass. So, I wanted to thank you for this video,that inspired me. In the course of work, I learned a lot of new things and it was cool
Only came here to see the cat, and am I glad I stayed. This person is an absolute artisan. I never realised how intricate a book made hundreds of years ago could be so delicate in its making. It was a pleasure to sit and watch an expert at work.
Very labor intensive . I'm glad i live now even though those books were beautiful i'm sure they were much more expensive ,and we couldn't own very many.
Thank you so much! Crafting is my hobby and I studied medieval books and picked up a couple of books on the subject to better understand the construction. After that I guess it was all about practise
I really wish I had the skills to make such books. We do not have bookbinding courses in my country. The trade is usually run by Indians who own stationery printing companies. I find making the book to be satisfying.
You learnt it online?? 😳 Gosh where? In my country, for you to be even teaching book binding programs, you need to be Certified. Also they don't sell book binding tools here. It's mostly imported from UK.
There are many good youtube channels about bookbinding and I also got a couple of ebooks that explained it in depth. I made my tools from mostly plywood.
Thank you, the tablet weaving felt like a nice touch. And thank you for the suggestion of using a handplane! That must be the right tool for this. On my last book I used a knife to cut away most of the material before sanding, but a handplane would be better
Thank you so much for sharing your process. I'm still not sure how the straps were successfully inserted on the books I'm reproducing. The inside cover of the original doesn't have a cutout that would allow the strap to be fasted on in advance... I guess it's more complicated with leather. I would have loved to see the gilding process in more detail. Really fascinating overall. Loved it the first time the cat stuck its face into what you were doing! Haha!
Nice detail. Sterling Silver is easier to work than brass, and it polishes up nicely. My cat stamps papers and documents with her teeth. “Cat approved”
I've been thinking about trying out sterling silver, it will be interesting to see how it behaves. Regarding polishing, I don't know why but I have just started doing it and wow what a difference it makes!
Wow that was amazing to watch ! I work with medieval books (mostly XVth century) and it's so cool to see how they were made back then ! thank you for sharing your work with us.
As convenient as the modern internet is, it's sad seeing how books have been one of it's major casualties. It's truly incredible having such of well of knowledge on every topic at our fingertips, but there is something to be said about the feel of the pages and the distinct smell of paper, ink, adhesive a physical book has.. It sounds so silly but I am thankful to have been lucky enough to be in the last generation that had to use encyclopedias for school reports. Hell, my kids can't even fathom a pre-Google world.
@@RaenbowBlight Not exactly. While the internet has made books a little less know, they are still the best way to keep information compared to the volatile media storage we have today. It's just that historically books have always been expansive. A masterpiece like the one in the video is an example. I remeber only seeing so many good books at my university, compared to now were you can find almost any book you want online and for free.
Отлично сделано. Если можно поясните заправку нитей, для обшивки книги. Смотрел на мин. скорости, не понял принцип заправки нитей в квадраты с отверстиями.
Wow... absolutely incredible! Some of the work you did should be shown slowed down to do it justice.. would love to see more detail. Awesome book. tfs :)
I did this from watching the video. It was fun. I am a member of a medevil recreation group and we recreate the Arts and Sciences of the period. I would love to have any documentation on this for research purposes.
That's cool to hear! Most of what I do is described in The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding by J.A. Szirmai, a book that goes into medieval bookbinding in great depth
Thank you very much! I learnt the basics from youtube videos and the more medieval specific technics from the wonderful book "The archaeology of medieval bookbinding"
Please post more videos! I have a 1620 King James bible that is falling to pieces and missing about 30 pages. Id love to see you do a book restoration video to give me thre courage to tackle it.
Whoa there's so much too look at!! Like what's the rope spinning thing and how did you make it? And book covers can be wood?? This is really cool please make another about the neat stuff you have! 😀
Thank you, there sure was a lot to fit in a short video! You can look up rope making for examples of how people make rope making machines. Yes, most early books had wood covers to protect the book block. The word codex actually means block of wood. It was only cheap books that didn't have it
@@BrinkmanCrafts @silverman834 I don't get it. You could've fold the signatures twice instead of three times, and stack two signatures together to make up for the correct thickness
Yes, you're right, I forgot that I used that method in this video. Your way would make a more sound book, but I think I really wanted to make the signatures from just one paper. But yeah, I hope I nowerdays would pay more attention to this.
Love this so much!! Quick question: how did you get the little brass spindle to stay snug within the clasp? And, was that just a piece of a brass nail or something?
Thank you! I used the blade of a hand plane to cut the edges, but nower days I use a paring knife as it gives you a better grip. Yes, their sewing frame is very similar. Perhaps I was heavily inspired by it, I don't remember.
Where did you find out how to install the cords into the cover like that? I’ve seen that method in medieval books and i want to try it myself but I can’t figure out how to do it
Please keep the questions coming :-) I use 0.7 mm brass, that should be about 1/32". I bought it in a local hobbyshop, but it should be easy to buy online.
Thanks so much!! Here’s my latest - partly inspired by your tutorial! The clasp and corners are just a stock one from hobby lobby - I’m going to be replacing it with one I make myself :) www.reddit.com/r/bookbinding/comments/kmlvgx/my_first_medieval_girdlebook_a_psalter_book_of/
Maybe this book is totally not in my style cuz I prefer more modern style than medieval, but wow. I think making this was effortable, cuz it came out amazing. I love how you made clamps and other decorations all by yourself. I really admire the whole process, and that you wanted to put an effort and time to make this (i'm sure i would be too lazy to make it this way like you did xD). I hope you still do your thing!!
