. The book, its history and development. -. Tortoiseshell mounted in metal has been largely used forbindings in Holland, Germany, and Spain. The backs arehinged to the sides with long snuff-box hinges, and the. Fig. 83.—Dutch bindingin tortoiseshell andsilver. MISCELLANEA. 163 shell itself is sometimes beautifully inlaid with silver andmother-of-pearl. Some of these covers are very small,particularly the Dutch ones, and designs are sometimesimpressed upon them. Mother-of-pearl has now and then been utilised forbinding very small books. The backs and hinges areusually of silver. The curious cus
. The book, its history and development. -. Tortoiseshell mounted in metal has been largely used forbindings in Holland, Germany, and Spain. The backs arehinged to the sides with long snuff-box hinges, and the. Fig. 83.—Dutch bindingin tortoiseshell andsilver. MISCELLANEA. 163 shell itself is sometimes beautifully inlaid with silver andmother-of-pearl. Some of these covers are very small,particularly the Dutch ones, and designs are sometimesimpressed upon them. Mother-of-pearl has now and then been utilised forbinding very small books. The backs and hinges areusually of silver. The curious custom of fastening books to their shelvesby means of chains was common enough in Europe inmediaeval times and became almostuniversal in the sixteenth and seven-teenth centuries in churches. Itwas of course done as a safeguardagainst thieves, and as far as Iknow only in the case of printedbooks. Although printed bookssoon became plentiful, yet no doubtin the case of Bibles and PrayerBooks it is likely enough that aconsiderable leakage took small books were commonlychained to the backs of the pews in private chapels throughout England, and undoubtedlythe custom, though inconvenient in use, was
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