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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 3h

These photos show some of the process of rebinding a #facsimile to give it a cover that suits the period of the original text. In this case, an early C16th copy of The Abbaye of the Holy Ghost.
All part of the services I provide!

#booksky #bookbinding #tudor #reenactment #livinghistory #history

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 1d

A quick look at my #bookbinding set-up and 'shop' at the Haddenham event on Saturday.

#booksky #livinghistory #history #craft #demonstration #stationery

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 3d

I have some new items in my #etsy shop!

#Medieval longstitch leather bound journals.
and
'Here Begynneth ye newe Nutborune Mayd upon ye passion of cryste' (The Nutbrown Maid), a 1535 pamphlet reprint of a satirical poem.

birdiesboutique23.etsy.com

#bookbinding #booksky #history #livinghistory

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 3d

A few pics of the event I did at Arkenstall Village Centre in Haddenham, Cambs. on Saturday 11th.
A friend organised this fundraiser, & it was so much fun. Lots of lovely visitors to talk to, & I was able to make progress on some projects.

#18thcentury #bookbinding #livinghistory #history #booksky

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 6d

Made my 1st history pamphlet! It's a reprint of a 1535 text & soon available on my Etsy shop.

Printed on 100gsm laid paper, sewn with waxed linen thread & slighter smaller than A6. Perfect for #reenactment or anyone who is a connoisseur of #history

#booksky #bookbinding #tudor #livinghistory

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the heads up! I shall bear this in mind and do some practice pieces first. I've not used one this size before.

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 7d

A new #bookbinding finishing tool arrived just the other day. Isn't she pretty?!

#decorative

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 8d

A special #book for the person who gifted me items made by their sister & gold foil from their father. I used some to create a keepsake to treasure. As an artist themselves, a sketchbook seemed fitting.
I tried new techniques with this: foiling, coptic binding & adding ribbon.

#bookbinding #craft

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 10d

Some friends and I will be participating at this event this Saturday!
I will be an 18th century bookbinder for this one, with many projects on the go, and selling my wares too.

#bookbinding #reenactment #Cambridgeshire

Nigel Amies MA @nigela.bsky.social · 10d

I'm looking forward to attending this event, with 'Roman' friends, on Saturday!

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 10d

Sunday was very exciting. I won on ebay, for a good price, a huge bundle of #bookbinding things from someone who's late-wife used to bind.
There's lots of tools/stamps; a few other binding bits; a tonne of leather (alas most too thick); and, not pictured, a Dryad guillotine.

#haul #bookbindingtools

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 12d

A lovely little project is on the cards for this weekend.

#bookbinding #booksky #memories #heirloom #craft #gift

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 13d

Oh my, I've reached 100 followers, thank you! It's much appreciated 😊

I am on other socials too, if you want to follow those. Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Just look for @birdiesbindings

#bookbinding #booksky #craft #journal #demonstrations #livinghistory #artist #socials

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 14d

He sure is!

Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 14d

The first of Bert's Top Tips!

#bookbinding #howto #toptips #booksky #jellycat

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 14d

Coincidentally I have a facsimile copy of this book yet to be re-bound 🙂

#tudorhistory #bookbinding #tudor

The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 14d

#OTD
2nd October 1528
William Tyndale’s “The Obedience of the Christian Man and How Christian Rulers Ought to Govern” was published.

www.instagram.com/p/DPSikMxCGw...

#WilliamTyndale #TheObedienceoftheChristianManandHowChristianRulersOughttoGovern #Tudors #History

Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 15d

It's day 2 of Michaelmas at #kentwellhall join me as I make a longstitch leather #journal and enjoy some surrounding scenery.

#bookbinding #craft #artist #booksky #tudor #tudorhistory #medieval #history #livinghistory #reenactment

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 16d

Acompany me in 1536 whilst I progress with a #bookbinding project during day 1 of Michaelmas at #kentwellhall

#tudor #livinghistory #reenactment #craft #artist #tudortuesday #tudorhistory #history #booksky

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 17d

I had an excellent weekend @kentwellhall.bsky.social lots of books made, commissions started, and progress made on another for the mistress of the house.
And my fellow crafters were a joy to be around as always.

#bookbinding #craft #tudor #reenactment #livinghistory #history

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 20d

After the week I've had at work, I'm looking forward to spending 2 tranquil days #bookbinding in the C16th. My last #tudor event of the year @kentwellhall.bsky.social !
Do come and visit!

#booksky #craft #reenactment #michaelmas #Suffolk #daysoutinsuffolk #autumn

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 21d

I mean business 😎

#bookbinding #booksky #business #smallbusiness #craft #handmade

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 22d

If you're a fan of the UK based only shop 'Not On Amazon' then my notebooks can be found and bought from there too!

It's a marketplace for craftspeople who receive 100% of the sale price.

www.notonamazon.org/vendor/birdi...

#bookbinding #booksky #notebooks #journals #smallbusiness

Birdie's Bindings

Maker and binder of notebooks and facsimiles from the 16th to the 21st centuries.

www.notonamazon.org

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 22d

Such a fascinating book. This article is well worth a read.

#booksky #bookhistory

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 23d

‘The Pearl Manuscript makes disciples of those who do discover it. Revisiting the poems, I found myself ensnared again by the language and frustrated by the impossibility of conveying their strange beauty.’

@tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on the medieval Pearl Manuscript: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Tom Johnson · Supereffable: Mysteries of the Pearl Manuscript

Any book made by hand is unique, but the Pearl Manuscript’s claim to uniqueness is unparalleled: the manuscript...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 22d

Beautiful! I'd love to bind a cover like this, but have no skill or patience with embroidery 😆

Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 23d

A 17th-century bookbinding in full bloom!

While screening the collections for books to show during a hands-on workshop on historical bookbindings, we stumbled upon this devotional book bound in a beautiful embroidered binding featuring flowers, usually associated with female makers and/or owners.

Front cover of the book with a brownish cloth binding decorated with flowers by means of needle work in different colours. It contains the library shelf mark on the top left corner

Spine of the book with several flowers sewn on a cloth cover in different colours.

Back cover of the book with a brownish cloth binding decorated with flowers by means of needle work in different colours. You see a fragment of a silk thread in the middle.

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Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 23d

I have been very kindly gifted a set of handmade paper samples, parchment repair samples, and gold leaf, from my partner's colleague, once made by their sister 40 years ago. The gold leaf was their father's.

#bookbinding #paper #handmade

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