This manuscript is bound with a classical full leather binding, in the great French tradition. The manuscript is sewn with five hemp cords and linen thread, rounded and backed. All the edges are gilt on deckle edges with gold-leaf. The cover is crafted from natural calf leather, dyed in various shades of blue, embossed and powdered with gold.
Louise Bescond is orthodox in technique but daring in decoration. For her, binding a book is not just an aesthetic feat, it means valuing its content ...
