14th century
Africa
Object qualities
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Objectbook / magazine / album: Flap of a bookbinding
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumLeather, silk, and gold; cut, tooled
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Size14 3/16 x 5 15/16 in. (36 x 15.1 cm)
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Geography detailsAttributed to
Africa -
Country today
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Date14th century
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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A corollary of luxury book production was the development of the art of bookbinding. The envelope flap is a distinctive feature of Islamic bindings, attached to the edge of the back cover and designed to wrap around the pages and tuck under the front cover, in order to protect the manuscript.
