Bookbinding — Back cover of a bookbinding, Egypt, 15th century

Bookbinding — Back cover of a bookbinding, Egypt, 15th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 15th century. The museum's brief description reads: Detached binding, Back cover, Egypt, 15th century.. Museum description: Lower cover of a bookbinding. brown leather over paper pasteboards; blind and gold tooling. The inner rectangular panel contains elaborate floral decoration with a scalloped outline in almond shape in the centre. This is repeated in sections in the corners of the panel. Three types of flowers are shown on the sinuous stems which frame the almond shape. The main outer margin consists of a broad border divided into a number of panels with diagonal knotwork patterns. The pasteboards are made up of a large number of sheets of paper with naskh script in a variety of hands. The front cover is 1070A-1869. A set of detached Koran leaves also in the collection (MSL/1869/7217) were probably part of the book this cover was made for. The museum record gives material recorded as leather, paper, pasteboard; measurements Height 96 cm; Width 67 cm; place associated: Egypt, Cairo. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.