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chain sites
Note (en)
Note
The locations on the boards of books where the chains are attached. Book chains were most often removed when books were shelved vertically with their spines outwards, but the marks left by the shackles, nails, rivets, etc., will almost always remain visible.
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Source
Szirmai, The Archeology... (1999)
Szirmai, J. A. (1999) The Archeology of Medieval Bookbinding. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Additional Reference
p. 267-271 (modified)
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