[EKStationers] 6th-century Ethiopian gospel (fwd)

[Lyle H. Gray]

The following was posted on the SCA-Binders list.

Lyle

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Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:47:37 -0500
From: Hulan family <hulan at verizon.net>
Reply-To: SCA-BINDERS at yahoogroups.com
To: SCA-BINDERS at yahoogroups.com, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org,
     scribes at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [SCA-BINDERS] 6th-century Ethiopian gospel

The second link in the message below (Tsbook, An Ethiopian Odyssey) is a
fascinating article about a journey to Ethiopia to repair a 6th-century
illuminated gospel. Check it out!

Aneira

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Lady Aneira Gwilt
Baronial Chronicler, Barony of Black Diamond
Past & present A&S projects: www.aneira.org <BLOCKED::http://www.aneira.org>

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From: bookbinding at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bookbinding at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of David Lanning
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 8:50 AM
To: bookbinding at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bookbinding] Hewit Newsletter - 'Skin Deep' No.23 - Spring 2007



***Please excuse the cross-posting of this message***

To our Customers and Friends.

We are pleased to announce the publication of Skin Deep, Vol.23, Spring 2007
at: http://www.hewit. <http://www.hewit.com/skindeep.htm> com/skindeep.htm

Tsbook - (Tigrinya for Good) - An Ethiopian Odyssey - and the repair of the
illuminated pages of the 6th century Gospel of Abba Garima by Mark
Winstanley. To go directly to this article click http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/sd23-tsb.htm> com/sd23-tsb.htm

The Dating of Gold-Tooled Bindings - Ian Andrews has researched the
characteristics of gold tooled decoration on leather bindings and his
findings show that one is able to make relatively precise estimates of the
date of a binding by detailed examination of certain aspects of its gold
decoration. To go directly to this article click http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/sd23-fin.htm> com/sd23-fin.htm

Don't Tell me I'm a Bookbinder - Did Nigel Jury (recent editor of the
Society of Bookbinders Newsletter) bite off more than he could chew when he
attended a village hall for a talk on bookbinding? To go directly to this
article click http://www.hewit. <http://www.hewit.com/sd23-jur.htm>
com/sd23-jur.htm

And last, but not least, there are the usual regular features:
'Product & Company News' - http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/sd23-comp.htm> com/sd23-comp.htm
'Study Opportunities' - http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/sd23-stdy.htm> com/sd23-stdy.htm
'Dates for your Diary' - http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/sd23-date.htm> com/sd23-date.htm

A full .pdf file of this edition (and back issues) of Skin Deep may be
downloaded from the 'Downloads' page on our web site at: http://www.hewit.
<http://www.hewit.com/downloads.htm> com/downloads.htm

We hope that you enjoy reading this offering of Skin Deep

Happy reading

David

David Lanning
Sale Director

J. Hewit & Sons Ltd.
sales at hewit. <mailto:sales%40hewit.com> com
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