Caduceus

This archival, hand-sewn journal/sketchbook is made from 100 gsm, custard Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked stitch pattern that dates back at least to the Ancient Copts.  It allows the book to lay open easily to any page.

 This book’s endbands are red and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin.  Its spine is covered French goatskin, and its boards are wrapped in a paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England.

 Treasure binding began with monks in the 6^th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 The talisman in this book is an early 20^th Century award for merit and loyalty (“merite et fidelite”) from the French National Syndicate of Grocery Stores. Bountiful thanks.

This book is approximately 6.5 x 9.5” with a few more than 150 blank pages.