Islamic Bookbinding

14 essays on Islamic bookbinding by scholars and instructors who have taught at the Montefiascone Conservation Project. Authors include Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Jim Bloxam, Marco Di Bella, Alison Ohta, Cheryl Porter, and Kristine Rose-Beers. All royalties earned on the sale of this book support the Montefiascone Conservation Project.

Fourteen essays on Islamic bookbinding by scholars and instructors of the subject who have taught at the Montefiascone Conservation Project. Authors include Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Jim Bloxam, Marco Di Bella, Alison Ohta, Cheryl Porter, Kristine Rose-Beers, Shaun Thompson. Includes bibliographies and an index.
All royalties earned on the sale of this book support the Montefiascone Conservation Project.

Cheryl Porter – An Appreciation by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
Introduction – The Montefiascone Conservation Project by Cheryl Porter
Seeking a Way Forward: The Study of Islamic Bookbinding by Alison Ohta
The Early Islamic Book: Structures and Decorations by Alison Ohta
The Box Binding by Marco Di Bella
An Early Qur'an Manuscript by Kristine Rose-Beers
The Book in Mamluk Cairo by Alison Ohta
Mamluk Bindings by Kristine Rose-Beers
Renaissance Bindings by Alison Ohta
An Italian Binding alla Islamica by Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson
Indo-Persian Style by Alison Ohta
An Indo-Persian Binding by Kristine Rose-Beers
Embroidered Bindings by Alison Ohta
An Ottoman Embroidered Binding by Kristine Rose-Beers

• Edited by Julia Miller