. The book, its history and development. hop of Thomas Berthelet,printer and binder to Henry VIII. Edge decoration of some sort seems to have been donefrom the tenth centtn-y onwards; at first elementary orsymbolical designs were simi^ly painted upon the edges, andnot counting the mere book titles or press marks, it may besaid that since the fourteenth century heraldry- has playeda very important jiart in edge decoration. In England thisform of adornment for a bound book has been largelyfollowed from tliat time, and there are fine examples of itin books bound for Henrj VII. and the other of ou
. The book, its history and development. hop of Thomas Berthelet,printer and binder to Henry VIII. Edge decoration of some sort seems to have been donefrom the tenth centtn-y onwards; at first elementary orsymbolical designs were simi^ly painted upon the edges, andnot counting the mere book titles or press marks, it may besaid that since the fourteenth century heraldry- has playeda very important jiart in edge decoration. In England thisform of adornment for a bound book has been largelyfollowed from tliat time, and there are fine examples of itin books bound for Henrj VII. and the other of our Tudor Ml TIIK liOOK: ITS IIISTorfY AND DKVKLOPMKNT. sovereigns, as well as for private persons of the same edges are treated as panels and the painting doneupon them when pressed iirmly and solidly together. Theedges are generally coloured some neutral colour as agroundwork and sometimes lettering in gold is done uyumthem. Henry YIII. often had the legend liiox in /EternumVive Nez written in gold on the cream coloured edges. Fig. 72.—Italian forage decoration in gold and colour (). of his hooks, and all that are so lettered are attributed toThomas Berthelet as binder. The Nez is rather apuzzle, and it was suggested by Mr. J. L. Scott, of theBritish Museum, that it stands for the three mitial lettersof the phrase in the Book of Daniel, ^a^ovx^obovoauip EaaeiCijdi—a quite possible solution. Queen Anne Boleyns copy of the New Testament has hername, Anna Eegina Anglle, written in red upon itsgilt edges. For Queen Elizabeth, book edges were usually gilded, andon this gilding designs were impressed with ordinarybinding tools. This is the commonest form of edgedecoration, and is called gauffring. Gauffred edgesare found in abundance in French, German and Italian MISCELLANEA. work. There are fine examplesof it on books bound for HenriII. of France and all his chil-dren, and on those made forDiane de Poictiers, Duchessede Valentinois. In all thesecases colour is of
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