. The book, its history and development. rst to beproperly bound. The papyri whichwere stabbed are so rare that they maybe passed bj. As I have already said,vellum is apt to be curly ; for this reasonthe boards used for binding in earlydays were made of thick wood, the heaviness of which,even when unaided by clasps, tended to keep the vellumflat. Beech wood was largely used for these old covers, andfrom the German word Buch, meaning beech, we derive our word book. Beechen boardswere liglit, decorative, and verycarefully dried and seasoned. Itis remarkable how flat such oldboards are, and they
. The book, its history and development. rst to beproperly bound. The papyri whichwere stabbed are so rare that they maybe passed bj. As I have already said,vellum is apt to be curly ; for this reasonthe boards used for binding in earlydays were made of thick wood, the heaviness of which,even when unaided by clasps, tended to keep the vellumflat. Beech wood was largely used for these old covers, andfrom the German word Buch, meaning beech, we derive our word book. Beechen boardswere liglit, decorative, and verycarefully dried and seasoned. Itis remarkable how flat such oldboards are, and they were no doubtvery highly valued as they oftenhave upon them the stamp of themonastery in which they were edges of the boards are sometimes bevelled, fromthe upper side in English or French books, and from theunder side in German books—but such a distinction mustnot be taken as invariable. Boards often show signs ofhaving been used more than once, and it is rarely that anydecoration shows on the ^vood. In a few cases of German. Fig. 40. -B«(jk withback. flat I/ 42 THE BOOK: ITS lllSTOllY AND DEVELOPMENT.
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