Making A Medieval Book - Complete Process From Start to Finish - 60 hours in 24 minutes
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2022
- Hi everyone, I'm Dennis, and welcome to my bindery!
In this video you’ll see me undertaking all the various stages of my late medieval gothic binding project. Though I use some modern materials and tools, and have added a few anachronistic highlights, this book is entirely based on the binding structures and techniques that were common in 15th century Europe.
I've put this video together to be an easy, one-sitting overview of this intricate project. Since this version condenses over 60 hours of work into about 24 minutes, most of the process has of course been omitted. I've added some basic titles to help you understand the various stages, but this isn't a tutorial and doesn't have any instructions, material lists, or commentary. If you’d like to take a deeper dive into the making of this book (including a full commentary which you'll need to *TURN ON CAPTIONS* to see) look no further than my full 5-part (plus bonus episode in which I hand-craft all of the brass hardware used) series, links below. There you'll find full lists of tools and materials in the video descriptions, and the commentary (again, turn on those captions!) explains every step of the process.
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Dennis
Full Medieval Gothic Binding Series
Part 1 - Folding Pages, Endpapers, Piercing & Sewing: • Making A Medieval Book...
Part 2 - Trimming & Rounding, Edge Decoration, Sewing Endbands: • Making A Medieval Book...
Part 3 - Wooden Boards, Carving & Mortising, Attaching the Covers: • Making A Medieval Book...
Part 4 - Paring and Applying Leather: • Making A Medieval Book...
Part 5 - Leather Tooling and Brass Hardware: • Making A Medieval Book...
Bonus - Making Brass Book Hardware: • Making Book Hardware -...
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This really gives great insight as to why books were so expensive back in the day. The amount of hours and skill dedicated to creating just one of these is quite impressive.
Then someone has to write in it and make no mistakes.
@@zerobyte802 imagine making a mistake in one of this...
@@isilion often they would write the book first and then bind it, that way you'd only have to recreate one pair of pages
No, it did not require this many hours to make books. Books were not expensive. Paper was damn near free. What cost was the scribe. Because due to the plague every ten years there were not many of them. So they could charge exorbitant prices. If one could read and write they made their own books and billions of them. Maybe check out the diaries from those in the workhouse over the decades. Back in the day they used recycled clothing, sheets, textiles to produce 100% cotton paper, and there was so much of it people could buy a ten pounds of 100% 140lb cotton paper for less than the price of a breakfast. Which amounted to less than a penny.
People even used old textiles, dresses, etc to cover wooden planks to make their own books.
Instead of listening to numb nut scholars whom must adhere to the agenda in order to earn a paycheck, do your own research and think for yourself. If books were so expensive why did people so gd poor they were forced into a workhouse, which was worse than a prison, have so many gd books and journals? If paper was so expensive why were all Christmas decorations, faux tapestries, toys, poppers, etc made out of paper and wood?
Book binders worked just as Factories today. As an assembly line. That's why the Everyman's library consisting of 100 books on every topic only cost $1.00. The entire point was that any human who bought the Everyman's Library could speak on any topic ever brought up in polite society. So that every man was a learned man.
Even manuscripts weren't expensive to make. They weren't a penny a book mind you, but they didn't cost an arm and a leg either. One could buy a blank sheep skin book relative cheap. It was hiring a scribe and then an illuminator and then passing for the adornments which cost money. Hitting an illuminator wasn't an expensive as hitting a scribe because artists were considered a laborer. Just like a the guy who cuts your grass or a construction laborer today. Plus, they lived independently. Not cloistered together in a church. So the plague didn't hit them as hard, so there were more of them.
also making parchment takes a long time because parchment came from animal skin, which means it's going to take a lot of days to make one
So many stages where I thought the book was ready and then it just kept getting better and better. Respect sir you're a true craftsman.
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Storms back in "AND ANOTHER THING!"
Juan 3:16
Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito para que todo aquel que en él cree no se pierda mas tenga vida eterna (Jn 3:16).
@@incraseenergy1523buen trabajo escribiendo en español en un video en ingles
Pah! You thought I was finished. Amateur, I still got the knobby things to put on.
As a woodworker myself, I am seriously impressed by the combination of skills required to produce a book in that way. Such a beautiful craft.
Same here. I saw his huge amount of jigs and paper planers and thought there’s a lot of cross over. Then he started doing the woodwork covers.
Juan 3:16
Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito para que todo aquel que en él cree no se pierda mas tenga vida eterna (Jn 3:16).
Nice birdhouse
Book binding was a true art form. Becoming one meant a serious apprenticeship and hard work. I am happy to see people keeping this art alive and well.
Much admired your work. Thank you.
My elderly father, an archivist & self-taught bookbinder also spent many happy quiet hours in his little old self-built 'workshop' restoring old family Bibles, Quran, old family photo albums for the octogenarian in our town. I, a youngster, would ocassionally watch him work & he would gently comment on the various types of bookbinding leather or the twines & strings & the cover-boards. And, bent over his work-bench, he'd bring to my attention a little 'trick' he had devised to achieve a special 'tooling effect'. I could feel he was in a meditative state, quietly, calmly, patiently pasting down the covers or turning tight the book press.
Now he's gone.
When I go down to our basement I think i sometimes see him - puzzling over a damaged corner of an old fat book. The smell of leather & ink & paper... unmistakable presence of my gentle father.
Thank you for your presentation. From NewZealand.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful, heart-felt and rather poetic recounting of your father's memory. The way you have written this I feel as if I was there.
o espírito de seu pai às vezes vai à oficina.
If there truly is a god, this man was given a workshop to continue what he loved in the next life, and remember the fond times of instructing his child. Doing anything less would make such a god underworthy of worship.
Glad to read your experiences. They área great
Lord, I wish we all had fathers such as yours, especially since mine abandoned me. The world would be a tremendously better place
I was in the printing business for over 40 yearss in my life. Ive printed and bound 10's of thousands of books in that time, probably more. I've never seen a book bound so beautful in my life as this. Fantastic job.
Not just a book binder but an artist, woodworker and seamster too! The final decorations on the leather were so intricate and it strikes you that at every stage in the process, there is really only one chance to get it right - no pressure, ha. Awe-inspiring - thank you for sharing. ❤😊
Juan 3:16
Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito para que todo aquel que en él cree no se pierda mas tenga vida eterna (Jn 3:16).
Id love a library full of books like this with ancient knowledge, everything, architecture, botany, blacksmithing, languages, toolmaking, carpentry, cooking, history
I would love just one book like this preferably the family Bible
@@anniec1106 I would like dictionaries in this form.
So would we all. Each invading force burned everything they could find. I have hopes it is all preserved somewhere.
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Per fortuna nostra ci sono ancora artigiani capaci di creare autentiche opere d'arte in un mondo così poco alla ricerca del bello
Among all the crap thrown onto You Tube, I stumble across this gem. The craftsmanship, attention to detail, soothing music, and the lack of AI or overenthusiastic voiceover is such a delight and a breath of fresh air. An all but forgotten trade presented in a top quality video. Respect to both you and your videographer. SUBSCRIBED.
I was going to write a comment, but you've already said it all. I love how straight to the point this video is - no 5 minutes intro, no crappy voiceovers, you just get to watch a pure talent make a piece of art.
DITTO,
You put into words what I couldn't
Check out Clickspring. He does have a voiceover but it's sane and calm. Same ridiculously high quality work as you see here, but in a different medium.
Agreed 👍
In 1971 I saw the Lindisfarne manuscripts and knew l wanted to be a calligrapher which after year's of trials and tribulations through self teaching I realised a high standard in the craft. Once attained I put it to one side in search of pastures new. Now in my 73rd year I've realised book binding is what I was looking for. Thank you for posting this video my time left to me on this earth will be exciting ones learning a new but ancient craft.
Don’t you miss the days when people actually made things, and needed talent or skill. People couldn’t get by on a basic understanding, you needed passion, you my friend seem to have it in boatloads! Love the video!
Yes, industrial crafting processes have reformed our paradigm of objects to be monotonous as ever before although there is still people making stuff you know ;D?
@@pallaskedisiCokiyiit’s the tradition method after all, even though it’s no longer be what it was but it will be useful for decorations and other sets like that but not in a kind of large scale
No, because books cost an arm and a fucking leg back in the day, automation has improved manufacturing and globalisation has allowed us to obtain things faster and from farther away, stop complaining about the best time to live.
@@svedenska4535 This is an amazing time to live but you can’t argue that the production of such a thing has become lifeless. It it now more accessible (to some extent) but at the expense of the people doing production. And calling this the best time to be alive is really telling of not only your inexperience and privilege but of how little respect you have for strangers on the internet.
Uhh. Modern archival books are still made in this way, just without the metal furniture.
As an aspiring Silver Smith and Jeweler I LOVED THIS! Makes me want to create a Chased Silver book cover. I also prefer older hand tools myself.
Juan 3:16
Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito para que todo aquel que en él cree no se pierda mas tenga vida eterna (Jn 3:16).
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24:16 24:16 😊😅6😅😮
@@luyavaro 👹😈
Wtf no recuerdo haber escrito nada de esto o.O
I have to say this was throughly enjoyable! The book is stunning beyond words. I’ve watched the 5 part series you did with this project in much more detail and am in total awe of this brilliant piece of art. Thanks for making this shorter version!
Same here. Enjoyable 3 hours. Wish I had the skills to make one myself.
Super travail! Bravo. J'en ai fait beaucoup dans plusieurs styles du moyen âge. Si je peux le permettre une question, où trouves tu les pièces en métal ? Coins, fermoirs etc... Ils sont fait par toi même ou as tu trouvé un fournisseur qui en vend? De mon côté je dois les faire et cela demande du matériel d'orfèvre, par gain de temps j'aimerais en trouver dans le style médiéval . Merci d'avance pour ta réponse et encore bravo pour ce partage!
Wow, that’s beautiful 👍
@@TheMoonSeesMe 00😊
@@AMPreliures if you look in the description there is a link to making the hardware
I had no idea so much was involved in creating a book. It's amazing! You're more than a craftsman, you're an artist!
I have no idea why but I actually felt so sentimental watching this video. I cried a little thank you ❤❤❤❤
Few days ago I told my father that I want to have a leather covered quran he told me it's rare and expensive
After watching this I just decided to make it myself
Thanks for inspiring me 💖
I'm not a Muslim, but I find the Quran so beautiful, the details are so delicate and gorgeous. I hope yours look just as beautiful.
Greetings from Brazil
الله أكبر
بالتوفيق❤
U made it?
What an amazing job as always.
I can see why books were highly treasured back in the early days of bookmaking. I know that even today I would treasure a beautiful book like that. But I could never afford one like this.
If you didn't go for parchment and used modern tools only thing here that is really expensive is leather and getting leatherworking tools. So you could make one for yourself probably around 200$. Or maybe cheaper if some stuff is cheaper there compared to here. And most of that cost is for tools and leather. Then again getting to a point where it looks so good is years of practice probably
@@jamessan3404 yeah, I think it's much like traditional art, you don't NEED expensive paints and brushes and such, even though they improve the final result (a bit like the gold and brass parts and the embossing, here), you just need practice, and a bit of imagination on knowing what would probably look good, like, this would probably be a high-end book even by their standards...
but I bet anyone could make a reasonable book themselves, using cheaper stuff like textile instead of leather, and such, but yeah, it certainly takes a lot of time to do it manually, and even longer for a beginner, although there are much simpler options, to start out with, not to mention smaller books
@@jamessan3404 conveniently youtube recommendations include "make faux leather and "suede" from a paper bag!" lol
Wish I knew this existed years ago! I would love to learn how to do even a bit of this !
Absolutely beautiful. It feels like it holds a thousand stories even with the pages empty.
This book is stunning. I’m in awe of the skill and craftsmanship that goes into creating a work of art such as this. I thoroughly enjoyed watching every step of the process.
the fact that you made those brass furnishings YOURSELF is just the icing on top of the cake. this is beautiful. amazing job and incredibly well done :]
he did??
I must say, that this was definitely one of the better videos that I've seen on the Internet. Well done, it's a beautiful piece of craftsmanship.
That book is so gorgeous that I can't think of anything worthy to go inside it! 😸
the quran
@@Hakim-Tahri I don't think a fantasy novel fits.
@@MrSurrealKarma novel 💀 all funs and games until u die
@@Hakim-Tahri Agreed. Once you're dead you're gone. As conscious as a rock.
@@MrSurrealKarma u have so much to lose i got nothing to lose
Fantastic! "The Red Book of Westmarch" is the only name that came to mind when I saw this gorgeous work of art. To have Tolkien's works inside would be a dream-come-true.
Yes to hold it in your hands and to read from its leaves.
I thought of tolkien as well. The music.
This is my third or fourth time watching this and I'm just noticing, BRO IS LEFT HANDED!!!
I had no idea how laborious it is to build such a book. I make my own books, but they are far from being the same as this one. Want craftsman, what a work of art. Congratulations. Gained one more subscriber.
Чудо совершалось на моих глазах!
Низкий поклон мастерству человеческому! ❤❤❤
A "like" is simply not enough. This is incredible craftsmanship at its finest. Mesmerizing to watch. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent.
From Egyption clay tablet, Greek/Roman papyrus scrolls, Medieval wooden covered books, to Gettysburg pressed books, offset printed perfect bound books to floppy disks, Hard drives and m.2 drives. Our obsession with storing information for later use keeps expanding.
Смотрю, затаив дыхание. БРАВО мастеру. Работа поистине уникальная. Невозможно описать такую красоту. Дай Господь мастеру здоровья, сил, вдохновенья в его нелегком и прекрасном труде.
Тот случай когда книгу точно можно судить по обложке, особенно учитывая что в данном случае сам носитель информации и является произведением искусства, а информации там нет.
Beautiful.
I would never be able to use a book like this - I cannot come up with something worthy of being inside such a work of art.
Tolkien could have
@@jollyjokress3852 this comment checks out
Judge Holden could use this book to sketch the world into it.
Actually I have one. Little bit lesser quality, but close enough. I write one page per month with my thoughts and memories for my daughter for the time when I'm gone. Don't ask what I paid, but I think it's money well spent when my child will hold it in later days and remember me.
@@kaidrache2395 you make an expensive (I'm really sure of it) thing truly priceless, thank you for sharing this golden truth, it reminds all of us that there is something that has no price.
If I was a patron, I'd give people like you work for decades.
The talents exhibited by a genuine craftsman are truly extraordinary, and in today's world, they serve as a source of inspiration, especially when we reflect on the era when printing was regarded as the epitome of artistic mastery.
Truly astonishing. You are a master and I've never seen a more beautiful book. The leather tooling is immaculate and the burnished block edges are an inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
It was such a gread job!!! This is a fragile and delicated job which doesn´t allow mistakes. One of the best bookbinder I have ever seen. Congratulations!!!
I just came from reddit, where you linked your original work under an uncredited upload.
It's always great to find the source for creative work, especially if it's something so beautiful and intricate. Amazing work!
Thanks for that!
Thanks for that!
That may have been the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed.
The written language is the single greatest invention of all time. With that we have been able to precisely pass down our knowledge for future generations. Knowledge passed orally gets corrupted over time. Books are vaults designed to protect our knowledge and when made correctly can protect it for hundreds of years. No commercially manufactured books today will last even 1/4 as long as high quality books built 400 years ago which is a great tragedy.
Which is scary to think how information will be manipulated in the future when everything is going digital. Printed words are solid, immutable. There are already cases of corporate news outlets silently and insidiously editing their articles without mentioning it to their readers. Can't do that on printed editions.
Society has evolved past printed books
@@juanlui284 No, a bad trend given how manipulatable digital media can be without notice. There should always be a physical copy available at the very least in case digital means are not accessible.
@@juanlui284
I wouldn’t consider that “evolved”. More of “devolved”.
That was 20 minutes of sheer poetry. Such beautiful craftsmanship. ❤
You have forever changed my relationship with books. Impressive!
I've always known that books in the Middle ages where hard to make, expensive to produce, and beautiful works of art. However, I never realized how intricate the entire process was. Thank you for this. It's both informative and wonderful to watch a lost art such as this. I am definitely going to watch the individual videos. You have a new subscriber!
Making covers isn't even why they were expensive. They rewrote it on lamb skin by hand, using very precise and slow form of writing, adding images and initials ( first word of a page of chapter which itself was an image). Copying a book could be years of man work
That was a pleasure to watch. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us. Reminded me of the beginning of the sword in the stone.
I love it how he uses the medieval tools to make the medieval book.
The cover process completely mesmerized me.
I can't really explain why, but I did feel like crying once I saw the book finished. THIS is art!
I am absolutely SPEECHLESS. I had no idea of the INCREDIBLE intricacies that could go into making this level of handcrafted book - rather, you were able to answer: "how on earth did they do that?" You should be very proud of your work!
The finished volume is absolutely gorgeous!!! I have so much respect for your craftsmanship!
so incredible! thank you for keeping such an artform alive, and for sharing the process with all us viewers!
What an absolutely stunning piece of art. And it gives wonderful insight, step by step how they were made. Looks like alot of work went into these. Thank you!
This is truly amazing to watch. I would love to have a book like this. Beautiful.
Beautiful, just beautiful. I am in awe of your craftsmanship. Made my day watching this 🙏🏻
Oh that was super interesting! It was so illuminating understanding where the "book aesthetic" comes from beneath the leather finish, such as the bands on the spine. Makes you appreciate the details so much more.
I really enjoyed watching you put this book together, I love to watch how things are made, what a work of art.
This is amazing, I was aware of how special editions were made but seeing the time, energy, and craftsmanship is really something
This is absolutely insane, this is a masterpiece!
I've never seen anything like that and I madly love it!
I hope that these types of works will never be lost
❤❤
I’m overwhelmed with delight and awe, this is truly magical ❤📕 ❤
What a work of art and love. Your heart and soul go into each one. Fabulous!
Wow that is absolutely beautiful. What a talent, and such patients too. I had no idea what went into the making of books especially a medieval one. Amazing!
I've never seen anything like this in this detail. It's quite amazing! ❤ Thoroughly enjoyable and I have subscribed.
Я получила ответы на многие вопросы относительно переплета книг, мучившие меня с детства 😊 какая чудесная у вас профессия!❤
Absolutely amazing work! Thank you for sharing these creations. I especially love the details on the cover and the gold touches!
Congratulations on an amazing job and thank you for posting it online. Both the book making and the video record are a joy to watch.
Very very nice work! I can tell by the corners that you really put in the work!
This is incredible! I need one 😂
Me and my three year old daughter has just sat and watched this three times! The amount of detail and work that went into just this one book, amazing!
I was captivated by the ENTIRE process. Wonderful work.
Really impressive and spectacular!! I love it! ❤ When I was little I looked at old bibles as they were made. And I had always wanted to do a book like that. It is very beautiful. Congratulations on your talent. ✨
Another work of art. Thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU for keeping this specialist art alive. Fantastic. ❤❤❤
What a beautiful work of art! Thank you so much for showing us the process. What patience you have .
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I wish I had a way to buy just 1 of the books you make. Even if it was just a tiny one. I'd love to make it as a journal for my granddaughter that was just born. I wouldn't even expect nothing fancy just something plain and simple. Your work is just so amazing. 🥰
I am completely blown away by this. Thank you so much for sharing the entire process that you took to make this by hand. It blows my mind. Absolutely beautiful!
Very fitting that creating a book, which in itself encapsulates such a wide array of knowledge, requires such a wide array of skills
I am so impressed by the making of this book. It was nice to see how a book would be made back in the day.
Exquisite craftsmanship! I'm happy this art is still alive in a shallow, digital world.
Thumbs up because I agree the overall sentiment, however, remember that we are able to witness this preservation because of the digital nonsense it swims in. As shallow, vapid, and often vulgar as the digital world is, it does make watching and learning like an apprentice to a journeyman a lot easier than it used to be. Still not as good as being there in the workshop, but close.
I don't know how many times I used to go to bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders looking for books on crafts like this only to find that they're either out of print or way too expensive for my budget. The library was a help, but you can only have them checked out for a limited time so other craftsmen and learners can use them too. And classes and journeymen and masters could only teach so many at a time.
Exquisite craftsmanship indeed!
Only in a shallow world like this can ones skills be seen anyplace the cloud is...
Hey who you calling shallow
you’re literally watching this on youtube sir
No the art is here just not on CZcams necessary..
this has given me a newfound respect for books. extremely moving and beautiful video, thank you!
I started out watching thinking "oh man, I could totally do this as a job, making custom books for people!"
I finished watching thinking "no one would be able to afford them."
We really take for granted how easy and accessible most things are to us. Beautiful job, I think my favorite part was the leather tooling. Everything you did was so precise and detailed from start to finish. I cant help but be awestruck watching because I would have too many doubts and worries I would mess things up. Love this video and thank you for sharing ☺️
You are an amazing artist and craftsman. I was absolutely fascinated watching this video. Thank you.
Its fantastic to see how every step of this makes sense, when you see it beeing done, even if i could never have thought of it and would have no idea on how to start. This Video really needs no explaination at all, its just perfect!💗
整个制作的过程细腻而饱含深情，成就了如此精美绝伦且古意盎然的一本书。
我十分好奇，谁会成为这本书的主人，又将在本子上记录怎样的故事，抑或怎样的心绪。
I got inspired by your book and made one of my one. Thx for the video instructions. Super awesome work. I will admit that your book turned out better than mine ☺️
But it’s yours alone and so unique and special. I still use my first clumsy bindings almost daily.
@@FourKeysBookArts i made a CZcams short if you like to see it
@@thepolyhobbyist unsolicited opinion here, but I took a look, I think it’s quite lovely! And no, I am not just being polite, it really looks pretty nicely done in my opinion. Congratulations. I want to make one too but it seems like it takes so much time! I’ll think about it.
@@EternalShadow1667 thx m8
thats the most incredible piece of hand crafted artistry ive ever seen in my life.
would treasure one of those
This sheds a whole new light on the expression "leather-bound books" - such exquisite work.
Without a doubt the finest tutorial on medieval book making on CZcams.
Wauw!!! 60hs!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯 beautiful!!!😍📖📚 🤗
Dennis I am blown away! I’ve never observed work like this. You are truly a master of your craft. Great job!
*FANTÁSTICO!*
Lindíssimo ❤
An absolute work of Art. Such mastery of a craft. I was mesmerized as I have never actually seen how these handmade books were made. A total work of beauty.
This is incredible. I hope your talent and skill isn’t lost on you. Truly amazing.
I loved watching this! Was recommended this by CZcams and I'm still not really sure why, but I'm very glad I checked this out lol. Such incredible skill, detail and artistry that went into this book, really a sight to behold. Beautiful work!
Bom dia esse trabalho sem dúvidas nenhuma, é excepcional. Parabéns mestre.
Beautiful, really beautiful.
So many steps.
So much detail.
I had no idea about the complexity of the whole process.
Such extraordinary craftsmanship! Fascinating and beautiful!
Великолепно ❤❤❤
Now I know why these books last forever
Holy moly...had this in "watch later" for a while. Beautiful! What a gem. Thank you.
Bless you for recording that effort and the steps involved.
I finally understand why it's called a book SPINE
I imagine its end use: "Dear diary, today Jason looked at me in class. He's really too handsome..."