Turquoise Chronicles • INSPIRED BY ANTIQUITY
his cover is based on the binding for a book titled Chroniques, published by Salel Binder in Paris in 1514. The exuberance of the design reflects the splendor of the Renaissance approach to decoration. In this green-blue journal cover, you may see the intricacies of your own stories.
The Turquoise Chronicles design was inspired by a decorative book cover representing a key point in the evolution of the European branch of the craft. The design reproduced here originally hails from the Salel Binder in Paris. The book was published in the early 16th century when Paris was a flourishing center of the publishing trade. The city's reputation was second only to that of Venice, which was spearheading the Renaissance movement and looked to by the rest of Europe for artistic ideas and influences. It was at this time that the gold tooling technique arrived in France from the Islamic realm, where it had originally developed. Combined with the French king's generous patronage of the arts, this ushered in an age of superb French book binding.
Turquoise Chronicles features an especially fine example of early 16th-century French gold tooling. Formed in a graceful, flowing ornament of interlaced arabesques and delicate dots, it shows hints of its Eastern influences and of the decorative styles that would soon emerge in the ateliers of other French binders.
To bring out the details of the original pattern on the cover design, gold contrasts with a jewel-like turquoise background. The many hues of the cover surface have a mesmerizing look of a never-still ocean, an ancient witness of all things past that invites you to contemplation. Echoing this idea of a record keeper is the title given to the series, Turquoise Chronicles, named so after the original contents of the binding, a book entitled Chroniques.
Product Information:
FORMAT: Grande
SIZE: Width: 210mm (8¼"); Height: 300mm (11¾")
INTERIOR: Blank
PAGE COUNT: 128 Pages
CLOSURE: Clasp
COLOR: Green
GSM (PAPERWEIGHT): 120
COVER: Hardcover
MORE FEATURES:
• Smyth sewn
• Dual satin ribbon markers
• Memento pouch
• Custom-designed laid paper
• 100% recycled binder boards
• Decorative printed cover paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper, FSC-certified text paper
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