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Title

Subject

example binding

Description

Terra cotta Harmatan goatskin binding. Hand-decorated paste endsheets with a leather joint. Decorated with leather onlays, acrylic paint, colored foil, and gold tooling. The cross design is based on Wait's own artwork. The square crosses are the precursor to the well-known form of the Christian cross. The colors used are the universal four colors of the world: blue, black, white (yellow), and red. The small geometric signs are other universal world symbols. These symbols were used extensively in church decoration, especially in the Middle Ages. Bound in 2002.

Source

The Psalms. King James translation. Pownal, VT: Mason Hill Press, 1978.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

The 3rd DeGolyer Competition

Citation

“Wait example,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 23, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2060.