Records room

Japanese: 記録室 - きろくしつ
Records room

…It is currently in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City. In the Middle Ages, bookmaking (copying, illuminating, binding) was done by monks in the scriptrium of a monastery, and leather was used for the cover, giving birth to the leather-bound book we know today. In the 12th century, bookbinding schools were established in monasteries in major cities, including London, Winchester, and Durham, and various blind tooling patterns were created using small stamps pressed onto leather covers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "records room" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在,ニューヨーク市のピアポント・モーガン図書館の所蔵本になっている。 中世には,本の製作(書写すること,彩飾すること,とじること)の仕事は,もっぱら僧院の記録室scriptriumで,僧の手でおこなわれ,表紙には皮革が用いられ,今日のような革装丁本が生まれた。12世紀になると,イギリスではロンドン,ウィンチェスター,ダラムをはじめ,主要な都市の僧院に製本技術学校が設けられ,革表紙の上に小形の印型を用い,いろいろの〈から押しblind tooling〉模様をつくった。…

※「記録室」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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