Einbandmaterial

English translation: book-binding material

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German term or phrase:	Einbandmaterial
English translation:	book-binding material
Entered by:	Yasutomo Kanazawa

16:37 Jan 30, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

German term or phrase: Einbandmaterial

sentence mentioning the use of papyrus as einbandmaterial

fgg1

book-binding material

Explanation:
einband means book-binding or a cover of a book.

Selected response from:

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 17:12

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

cover

CArcher

book-binding material

Yasutomo Kanazawa

material used for binding // binding/cover material

Helen Shiner

Summary of reference entries provided

history of the book

Rebecca Garber

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

einbandmaterial

book-binding material

Explanation:
einband means book-binding or a cover of a book.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 17:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you very much, Yasutomo. It refers to material used in the spine of books--as best I can judge.

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

einbandmaterial cover

Explanation:
my guess

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Note added at 4 mins (2009-01-30 16:41:42 GMT)
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cover material

CArcher
Germany
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of:

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks to all. I have decided to go with book-binding material.

5 mins confidence:

material used for binding // binding/cover material

Explanation:
What is being bound?

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 139

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: history of the book

Reference information:
Papyrus as a cover was used in Late Antiquity, so the date of the book in question would determine whether
a) the papyrus was used as a cover for a Late Antique ms, (Claudia and Helen)
see: http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$925
or
b) strips of papyrus were added to the spine to reinforce a Medieval book during repair, in which case the papyrus was used as a bookbinding material (Yasutomo).

These types of fragments, parchment and papyrus, are called "membra desiecta" in manuscript study. See the second web reference for info and images about how this came about.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-30 19:42:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Any time, Frankie.

Reference: http://www.xs4all.nl/~knops/ms/membrahome.htm

Rebecca Garber
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Note to reference poster

Asker: Hi Rebecca, many thanks fgg

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