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Selected English Masonic Bookbindings

Electronic British Library journal, 2022-09, Vol.2022, p.1

Copyright British Library 2022 ;EISSN: 1478-0259 ;DOI: 10.23636/r2d0-sx70

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  • Title:
    Selected English Masonic Bookbindings
  • Author: Marks, PJM
  • Subjects: Book binding ; Masonry
  • Is Part Of: Electronic British Library journal, 2022-09, Vol.2022, p.1
  • Description: Books as artefacts, as well as the texts that they contain, play a fundamental role in English freemasonry. The esteem in which they were held is shown in paintings. This detail comes from a portrait of freemason Dr Robert Crucefix (1797-1850) who is shown with significant items of regalia as well as the masonic bindings. Bound Bibles, masonic texts, minute books or accounts ledgers were often given lavish decoration and were frequently presented as gifts to brother freemasons and to the lodges themselves. Donors paid for the most costly leather they could afford (commonly grained goatskin or calf or cheaper leathers made to resemble them) and specified particular types of ornamentation, such as gold tooled masonic motifs or lettering with the donor's and recipient's masonic membership details.
  • Publisher: London: British Library
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 1478-0259
    DOI: 10.23636/r2d0-sx70
  • Source: DOAJ Open Access Journals
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
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