The Lindau Gospels’ bindings were designed to inspire awe when the book was carried in processions or displayed on an altar. Paperblanks Lindau journal depicts the back cover of this bookmaking masterwork, created near Salzburg between 750 and 800 AD. It was tooled in gilt, silver and enamel and adorned with jewels, making for a powerful manifestation of art as a vehicle for belief.
- ISBN10 1439710139
- ISBN13 9781439710135
- Publish Date 1 July 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Paperblanks
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English