Bookbinding began as the codex gradually replaced the roll as a form for written works. Early bindings could be highly elaborate, especially books made for use on church altars. Some surviving examples display the work of jewelers, goldsmiths, ivory carvers, and embroiderers, while decorated leather binding later became especially important.
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