Irish Hunter

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This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Its endbands are green and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is calfskin.  Its spine is calfskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England..

 

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 

The talisman in this journal is a 1955 Irish half crown coin, known colloquially as the “2 and 6.”  It was depicts an Irish Hunter and was designed by Percy Metcalfe.  The coin is 79% copper, 20% zinc, and 1% nickel.  Even the semi-precious is a treasure. 

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This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Its endbands are green and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is calfskin.  Its spine is calfskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England..

 

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 

The talisman in this journal is a 1955 Irish half crown coin, known colloquially as the “2 and 6.”  It was depicts an Irish Hunter and was designed by Percy Metcalfe.  The coin is 79% copper, 20% zinc, and 1% nickel.  Even the semi-precious is a treasure. 

This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 80 gsm Mohawk Superfine archival paper stitched with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts and discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Its endbands are green and yellow cotton, and its bookmark is calfskin.  Its spine is calfskin over rawhide, and its boards are wrapped in paper that was hand-marbled by Katherine Brett at Payhembury Papers in Cambridge, England..

 

Treasure binding began with monks in the 6th Century who would encrust volumes with jewels. During the Renaissance, there was a resurgence in treasure binding. This is a contemporary revival of the treasure binding in which a lucky charm has been embedded in the cover of this book.  

 

The talisman in this journal is a 1955 Irish half crown coin, known colloquially as the “2 and 6.”  It was depicts an Irish Hunter and was designed by Percy Metcalfe.  The coin is 79% copper, 20% zinc, and 1% nickel.  Even the semi-precious is a treasure.