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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

kettle-stitch

Greek translation:

σταυροβελονιά/stavrovelonia

Added to glossary by Meropi Antoniadou-McCoy
Feb 14, 2001 05:34
23 yrs ago
English term

kettle-stitch

English to Greek Other
The parchment gatherings sewed together in a block by means of kettle-stitch are attached to the wooden boards [...]

field: conservation of Byzantine bindings

Proposed translations

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"σταυροβελονιά"

embroidery term, loosely translated in Greek, though the actual stitch is not just a cross, but a cross which in its last movement secures the thread for greater strength
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