Ligatus summer school schedule 2022

Week 1 (12-16 September), European Bookbinding 1450-1830
Prof. Nicholas Pickwoad
Monday, 12 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Introduction; How to date bindings; Finishing tools; Aggregate dating; The medieval legacy.
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 2: Illustrations of binderies; Books in sheets; Endleaves.
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 15.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30 Session 3: Stitched books; Sewing techniques; Greek-style bindings.
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 4: Recessed supports; Deceptive practices; Hollow backs; Spine shape; Edge treatment; Spine linings.
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15 Examination of books - Marsh's Library
15.15 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 17.00 Examination of books - Marsh's Library
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30 Session 5: Temporary/cheap bindings; Sewn textblocks; Sewn supported in drawn-on covers; Textblocks with 'endleaf covers'; Linkstitch bindings; Sewing through pierced supports; Longstitch; Sewn through wrapper with external supports; Lace-attached bindings; Tacketed bindings.
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 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; Adhesive-case bindings.
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 15.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
Thursday, 15 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30 Session 7: Boards - wood, sca'board, laminated boards, paper boards; Board-attachment; Endleaf/board attachment.
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 8: Endbands, worked and stuck-on.
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15 Examination of books - Chester Beatty Library
15.15 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 16.30 Examination of books - Chester Beatty Library
Friday, 16 September 2022
09:00 – 10:30 Session 9: Uncovered bindings in boards; Covering materials; Covering techniques; Half and quarter bindings.
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Session 10: Account-books; Economy measures; School books; Portable books; Titling and shelving .
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 15.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Examination of books - Worth Library
Week 2 (19 - 23 September): Identifying and Recording Bookbinding Structures of the Eastern Mediterranean
Dr Georgios Boudalis and Dr Athanasios Velios
Monday, 19 September 2022
09.00 – 10.30 A common start: Bookbindings around the Mediterranean in the first ten centuries of the Christian Era.
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Introduction to Byzantine bookbindings.
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 – any text editor)
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
09.00 – 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 – oXygen)
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
09.00 – 10.30 SKOS: Getty vocabularies and Language of Bindings thesaurus
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Linked Data, RDF, URIs, CIDOC-CRM
12:30 – 13:30 Break
13.30 – 15.00 CRM mapping (3M editor)
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 CRM mapping (3M editor)
Thursday, 22 September 2022
09.00 – 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 ResearchSpace introduction
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 ResearchSpace integration (3M / ResearchSpace)
Friday, 23 September 2022
09.00 – 10.30 Fastenings and Markers
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Fastenings and Markers
12:30 – 13:00 Case studies of Byzantine bindings conservation
13:00 – 14:00 Covering and Decoration
14:00 – 16:30 Examination of books - Chester Beatty Library