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OAB Definition

Books made of stacked leaves or folios, bound at the spine-edge.

 

Historians use this term to refer to manuscripts produced from late antiquity through the Middle Ages. Book artists use the term to refer to the common book form.

Linked Terms

NT across the spine sewing
NT adhesive binding
NT along the spine sewing
NT Asian stab binding
NT baobei zhuang
NT burst binding
NT butterfly binding
NT buttonhole binding
NT cased-in pamphlet
NT chapbook
NT comb binding
NT Coptic binding
NT crossed structure binding
NT double pamphlet
NT double-fan binding
NT drum leaf binding
NT Ethiopian binding
NT French link stitch
NT lay-flat binding
NT library binding
NT long-stitch binding
NT notch binding
NT overcast binding
NT oversewn binding
NT perfect binding
NT saddle stitch binding
NT secret Belgian binding
NT spiral binding
NT staple binding
NT supported sewing
NT tacketed binding
NT tetsuyoso
NT tight-back binding
NT Velobind
RT blizzard book
RT board book
RT case binding
RT drum leaf binding
RT exposed spine binding
RT hollow back binding
RT machine-bound book
RT stab binding

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