Coptic Bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library Medieval Money which combines original research with

which combines original research with developments in Joyce bibliographic scholarship over the past several decades

he created a meticulous accounting of the binding structures

gold foil-stamped spine

The collection consists of ninth- and tenth-century bindings of over fifty manuscripts discovered in 1910 in the Fayum Oasis in Egypt

long before the discipline was even properly established

Coptic Bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library Medieval Money which combines original research withTheodore C. Petersen wrote Coptic Bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library between 1929 and 1950, but it remained unpublished until now. The seminal work describes the binding techniques and materials of a collection of early manuscripts at the Morgan Library & Museum. The collection consists of ninth and tenth century bindings of over fifty manuscripts discovered in 1910 in the Fayum Oasis in Egypt. The collection of Coptic manuscripts was