Bookbinding — Fragment of a binding cover, Egypt, 2nd half 14th century

Bookbinding — Fragment of a binding cover, Egypt, 2nd half 14th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 2nd half 14th century. The museum's brief description reads: Fragment of the upper cover of a bookbinding, Egypt, 2nd half of the 14th century..

Museum description: The cover has been horizontally bisected and only half of the original board survives. The panel was originally decorated with a central rosette outlined in gold and filled with gold punches, the inside of the rosette is decorated with overlapping rosette and six-pointed starts, with various compartments decorated with blind and gold dot punches. A small finial project in the central field. The panel is framed by an inner border decorated with x-tool with gold dots and an outer border with a row of knotted buds.

The reverse shows some traces of manuscript pages. The museum record gives measurements Height 185 mm; Width 254 mm; place associated: Egypt. 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.