edge gilt

Japanese: edge gilt(英語表記)edgegilt
edge gilt

…When applying head gilt, do not cut all three sides at once. Instead, cut only the top and apply the gilt, then cut the fore-edge and the bottom of the ruled area. When applying edge gilt on three sides, trim all three sides before applying the gilt. Top gilt and other edge decorations were originally used to protect the book from damage and dust getting in through the edge, but nowadays they are used more as decoration. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "edge gilt" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…天金head giltをつける場合は,いちどに三方を切らず,まず天だけ切って金をつけ,それから前小口と罫下を切る。三方金edge giltの場合は,三方とも仕上げ裁ちしてから金をつける。天金などの小口装飾は,もともと小口から本が傷んだりほこりが侵入したりするのを防ぐために施されたものであるが,現在では装飾としての要素が強い。…

※「edge gilt」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Edgeworth, R.

>>:  edge dislocation

Recommend

Guettard, JE

…While studying at Mazarin College, he also studi...

Thāna (English spelling)

A city located in western India, in the western st...

Munro, H.

…A town on the south bank of the Ganges River in ...

Completed payment list - Completed payment list

In the Edo period, this document was issued when t...

Boulle marquetrie (English spelling) Boullemarquetrie

As Boulle's fame grew, he received constant o...

Civil engineering

…In the past, engineering only meant military eng...

ICSW - Interdisciplinary Skills and Skills Work

International Conference on Social Welfare: An int...

Dyskinesia

…Dyskinesia is originally a German word meaning m...

Business Enterprise in its Social Setting

…In 1949, the Center for Entrepreneurial History ...

Geophysics - Chikyubutsurigaku (English spelling) geophysics

A field of study that primarily uses physical met...

Compression molding

...The following describes typical molding method...

Aluminian saponite - Aluminian saponite

...A type of clay mineral, montmorillonite, that ...

Five Parts of Mind - Gobushinkan

Ink painting on paper owned by Onjo-ji Temple. A w...

Rumex obtusifolius - Rumex obtusifolius

...It is also used for dyeing, dyeing it grayish-...

Gold stalk - Kanasashibe

...Looking at the traditions in the Kojiki and Ni...