Sewing stations
The points in the gutter where the sewing needle travels through the fold to the outer edge of the spine in order to attach the quire to the cords or to another quire.
The points in the gutter where the sewing needle travels through the fold to the outer edge of the spine in order to attach the quire to the cords or to another quire.
Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).