Jewelled bookbinding

Jewelled bookbinding were known in the Middle Ages, covering important liturgical and devotional works for Popes and Kings. The vast majority of these were later destroyed as their jewels were removed by vandals. Some still exist - see major libraries - the Morgan Library in New York, the John Rylands Library in Manchester, the British Library in London and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris for example. About 1905 the English binders Sangorski & Sutcliffe reinvented Jewelled Bindings, as... full article at wikipedia