Last year, I decided to enter the East Kingdom Arts & Sciences Championship.
My book was based loosely on MS M.597 in the Morgan Collection. My full documentation can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRpE90n7faMvjLjomjkHUMsb-d784Mh9mo0PJeTxbxE/edit
I was particularly proud of the papyrus book boards I made. Here are a few pictures of that process:
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Spreading hide glue onto a sheet of papyrus.
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Smoothing another sheet over the glue. Do this about sixty times to get..
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Boards after sewing holes were added.
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Some de-lamination after drilling holes into the boards.
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And here are pictures of the finished book:
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Front cover with blindtooled decoration.
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Back cover with the same decoration.
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Bottom edge of the book.
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Fore edge of the book.
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Inside the front cover.
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