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Sobota
Title
Sobota
Subject
bookbinding proposal
Description
Box binding with three-board structure using Harmatan Nigerian goatskins, black for the binding and dark red for the doublures, with designs based on the Paris 1788 edition of the text. Hand-gilded 23k lines on all three sides of box binding would resemble the engraved plate in the book. Hand-gilded gold circles on the "sliding doors," made of aluminum sheets, covered with black goatskin. The doors would slide from the center to both sides. In the center will be a magnetic half-round boss, behind which the door would open and close. The same bosses are also in the center above and below the window. Image of the author will be on the inside of the front board, visible when sliding doors are open. The author's portrait will also be on a wooden board, covered with gold leaf and egg tempera painting suggesting illumination on a parchment. Doublures, covered with dark red goatskin, will have gold printed phrases derived from the text.
Creator
Sobota, Jan
Publisher
Bridwell Library Special Collections
Date
2012
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
Latin
Type
Book
Collection
The 6th DeGolyer Competition
Citation
Sobota, Jan, “Sobota,”
Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions
, accessed December 7, 2025,
https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2248
.
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