Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.

Today, book binding covers a wide range of techniques, from simple pamphlet-stitch notebooks to elaborate decorative bindings and intricate covers that people can spend weeks working on.

It had been used as the binding for an Elizabeth property register. How a 13th-century story became the cover of a 16th-century book Stories of King Arthur were all the rage in the 1200s.

Book Arts and Papermaking offers both traditional and explorative ... and using stencils and vails to create paper samples to take home. Secret Belgian binding has hard-covers with sewing visible over ...