February 9, 2012
housingworksbookstore: Books in monasteries retained their chains for some time, and many leather covers, particularly in private libraries, protruded irregularly, tricked-out as they were with embossing and jewels. Those books that did stand were oriented with their spines to the back of the shelf. Sometimes an identifying design was drawn across the thick of the pages. A doctor of law just north of Venice named Odorico Pillone had Titian’s nephew, Cesare Vecellio, draw the fore edges of his books with scenes befitting their content. (Francesa Mari via Paris Review – Shelf-Conscious, Francesca Mari) I don’t think it’s just because I’m moving tomorrow that I’m finding this article about the evolution of the bookshelf fascinating. “The New York Times Shows You 65 Ways to Decorate with Books in Your Home”

housingworksbookstore:

Books in monasteries retained their chains for some time, and many leather covers, particularly in private libraries, protruded irregularly, tricked-out as they were with embossing and jewels. Those books that did stand were oriented with their spines to the back of the shelf. Sometimes an identifying design was drawn across the thick of the pages. A doctor of law just north of Venice named Odorico Pillone had Titian’s nephew, Cesare Vecellio, draw the fore edges of his books with scenes befitting their content. (Francesa Mari via Paris Review – Shelf-Conscious, Francesca Mari)

I don’t think it’s just because I’m moving tomorrow that I’m finding this article about the evolution of the bookshelf fascinating. “The New York Times Shows You 65 Ways to Decorate with Books in Your Home”