Sewing supports

(Sewing on Supports) The process of linking the quires of a manuscript into book form by sewing them on to cords.

(Sewing on Supports) The process of linking the quires of a manuscript into book form by sewing them on to cords. This is the usual form of medieval binding.

    Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).