RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Binding Terms

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: Categories of bindings/Occasions for binding (Gathering term;do not assign)

:     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

Proprietary bindings

. Apollo and Pegasus bindings

. Armorial bindings

.     SN: Bindings with a coat of arms, or any part of a coat of
. arms, e.g., a crest.

. Cottonian Library book covers

.     SN: Robert Southey’s cloth book covers.

. Hollis bindings

. Middle Hill boards

.     SN: Found on books and manuscripts bound for Sir Thomas
. Phillipps' library at Middle Hill. The usual style is a drab colored paper over millboard, without pastedowns or other endpapers. The text block is sewn on two cords, which are laced through the boards. Phillipps'
. shelf-mark is usually present in the form: [Roman
. numeral].[lowercase letter].[Arabic numeral].

. Monogrammed bindings

. Royal bindings

. Settle bindings

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