Technologies of the Book

a project-based introduction to the technologies of book-making across the Mediterranean

in the late medieval and early modern world

we explore how conservation scientists analyze the materiality of books

to establish dating, location, pigments, inks, parchment, paper, and bindings.

we discover the distinct practices of embodied knowledge

by reverse-engineering and making a manuscript book using historical methods

we connect our findings to the long cultural histories of book technology over the last five hundred years

experience the synergies of art, science, and the humanities

as we take apart, study, and make books