Carolingian binding model

This cutaway model of a Carolingian style binding was made in Camberwell College of Arts in London in 2014, during a four day workshop given by Juergen Vervoorst, head of Conservation at The National Archives, United Kingdom.

This binding was popular in Europe from the 8^th to 12^th century and was traditionally made with oak boards and a parchment textblock.

For this model, a reduced scale book was created, and paper was used for the textblock.

The sewing was on double cords with a herringbone pattern.

The endband was made with a packed-herringbone style on linen cord, through a leather tab.

Part of one board was covered with suede leather using wheat starch paste.