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Period: 200 to Jan 1, 1000
Coptic binding used
Wikipedia: Coptic Binding Coptic bindings, the first true codices, are characterized by one or more sections of parchment, papyrus, or paper sewn through their folds, and (if more than one section) attached to each other with chain stitch linkings across the spine, rather than to the thongs or cords running across the spine that characterise European bindings from the 8th century onwards. -
Period: Jan 1, 627 to
Traditional Chinese bookbinding used
Wikipedia: Traditional Chinese Bookbinding Traditional Chinese bookbinding refers to the method of bookbinding that the Chinese (as well as Koreans and Japanese) have used before converting to the modern codex form. -
Jan 1, 700
Earliest surviving bound book
The St Cuthbert Gospel, in red goatskin, now in the British Library, whose decoration includes raised patterns and coloured tooled designs. -
Jan 1, 750
Arabs bind paper into books
Arabs learned the arts of papermaking from the Chinese and were then the first to bind paper into books at the start of the Islamic Golden Age.[ -
Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1500
Girdle bookbinding used
Wikipedia: Girdle Book Girdle books consisted of a book whose leather binding continued loose below the cover of the book in a long tapered tail with a large knot at the end which could be tucked into one's girdle or belt. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Limp Vellum binding used
Wikipedia: Limp Binding Limp binding is a bookbinding method in which the book has flexible cloth, leather, vellum, or (rarely) paper sides.[1] When the sides of the book are made of vellum, the bookbinding method is also known as limp vellum -
Jan 1, 1400
Technique: fixing gold leaf under tooling and stamps
The technique of fixing gold leaf under the tooling and stamps began. -
Jan 1, 1400
Rounded spine first used (modern-day)
Early and medieval codices were bound with flat spines, and it was not until the fifteenth century that books began to have the rounded spines associated with hardcovers today. -
Jan 1, 1450
Printing press first used to print books
The use of the printing press, beginning in the mid-15th century, helped bookbinding begin to standardize somewhat. -
Period: to
Long-Stitch binding used
Wikipedia: Long-stitch Binding Longstitch is a bookbinding technique used for sewing together the sections of a book. -
Period: to
Bradel binding used
Wikipedia: Bradel Binding A Bradel binding (also called a bonnet or bristol board binding, a German Case binding, or in French as Cartonnage à la Bradel or en gist) is a style of book binding with a hollow back. It most resembles a case binding in that it has a hollow back and visible joint, but unlike a case binding, it is built up on the book. Characteristic of the binding is the material covering the outside boards is separate from the -
Hardcover books first created
A hardcover, hardbound book has rigid covers and is stitched in the spine. Looking from the top of the spine, the book can be seen to consist of a number of signatures bound together. When the book is opened in the middle of a signature, the binding threads are visible.
