![]() Also refers to a similar design stamped on the spine of a book, often between raised bands on the spine of a hand-bound volume. To see other examples, try a search on the keyword "panel" in the British Library's Database of Bookbindings. Click here to view a 16th-century example bearing a single blind-stamped panel ( Special Collections, Glasgow University Library, BD2-h.2) and here to see a multi-paneled binding of the same period ( Princeton University Library). Marks, panels were used in Antwerp as early as the 13th century, sometimes based on woodcuts ( The British Library Guide to Bookbinding, University of Toronto Press, 1998). ![]() On a large book, several panels might be used to decorate the entire area. Panel stamps were large tools (cast not engraved) incorporating an entire design rather than a repeatable motif. ![]() In binding, a square or rectangular compartment on the side of a book cover impressed in the dampened surface and/or enclosed in a border or frame, often stamped with the title or displaying a picture or design. ![]()
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