All sessions will take place at the National Library of Athens (SNFCC) unless otherwise noted.
For information on how to get to get to SNFCC, please see:
https://www.snfcc.org/you-the-snfcc/how-to-get-here/
| Week 1 (15-19 October), European Bookbinding 1450-1830 (Nicholas Pickwoad) | |
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| Monday, 15 October 2018 | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Session 1: Introduction; How to date bindings; Finishing tools;Aggregate dating; The medieval legacy. | 
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | 
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Session 2: Illustrations of binderies; Books in sheets; Endleaves. | 
| 12.00 - 13.30 | Lunch Break | 
| 13.30 - 15.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Session 3: Stitched books; Sewing techniques; Greek-style bindings. | 
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | 
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Session 4: Recessed supports; Deceptive practices; Hollow backs; Spine shape; Edge treatment; Spine linings. | 
| 12.00 – 14.30 | Lunch Break | 
| 14.30 – 16.00 | Examination of books (Laskarides Library) | 
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Break | 
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Examination of books (Laskarides Library) | 
| Wednesday, 17 October 2018 | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Session 5: Temporary/cheap bindings; Sewn textblocks; Sewn supported in drawn-on covers; Textblocks with extra-thick endleaves; Linkstitch bindings; Sewing through pierced supports; Longstitch; sewn through wrapper with external supports; Lace-attached bindings; Tacketed bindings. | 
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | 
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Session 6: Laced-case bindings in parchment and paper; Laced-case bindings with cover linings; Laced-case bindings with boards; Decorated laced-case parchment bindings; Case bindings. | 
| 12.00 - 13.30 | Lunch Break | 
| 13.30 - 15.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| Thursday, 18 October 2018 | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Session 7: Boards - wood, sca'board, laminated boards, paper boardsr; board-attachment; endleaf/board attachment. | 
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | 
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Session 8: Endbands, worked and stuck-on. | 
| 12.00 – 14.30 | Lunch Break | 
| 14.30 – 16.00 | Examination of books (Genadios Library) | 
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Break | 
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Examination of books (Genadios Library) | 
| Friday, 19 October 2018 | |
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Session 9: Uncovered bindings in boards; Covering materials; Covering techniques; Half and quarter bindings. | 
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | 
| 10.30 - 12.00 | Session 10: Account-books; Economy measures; School books; Portable books; Titling and shelving . | 
| 12.00 - 13.30 | Lunch Break | 
| 13.30 - 15.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Examination of books (National Library) | 
| Week 2 (22-26 October): Identifying and Recording Bookbinding Structures of the Eastern Mediterranean (Georgios Boudalis and Athanasios Velios) | |
| Monday, 22 October 2018 | |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | The antecedants of the codex: the wax tablet codices and the single gatherings codices | 
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Bookbindings around the Mediterranean in the first ten centuries of the Christian Era | 
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Break | 
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Free-text records, structured records, recommendations, schemas | 
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Schema development (outline) | 
| Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Endleaves and Sewing of the gatherings | 
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Boards and board attachment | 
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Break | 
| 13.30 – 15.00 | XML, RelaxNG, validation | 
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Schema development (XML) | 
| Wednesday, 24 October 2018 | |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Spine lining, edge trimming and edge decoration | 
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Endbands | 
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Break | 
| 13.30 – 15.00 | SKOS: Getty vocabularies and Language of Bindings thesaurus | 
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Linked Data, RDF, URIs, CIDOC-CRM | 
| Thursday, 25 October 2018 | |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Fastenings and Markers | 
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Covering and Decoration | 
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Break | 
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Bookbinding recording and inputting in XML (books from the National Library) | 
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 – 17.00 | CRM mapping workshop | 
| Friday, 26 October 2018 | |
| 9.00 – 10.30 | Bookbinding recording (Ligatus schema, books from the National Library) | 
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Bookbinding recording (Ligatus schema, books from the National Library) | 
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Break | 
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Bookbinding recording (Ligatus schema, books from the National Library) | 
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break | 
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Examination of books (National Library) |