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Tuesday Jul 15, 2008
Episode Nine: The June 6th Boook
Tuesday Jul 15, 2008
Tuesday Jul 15, 2008
This is the June 6th Book (part of a plan). It has yellow lined paper and wooden covers. That darker strip is mahogany while the rest is a lesser wood. Coptic binding, of course, with green waxed linen thread.
It has six signatures of six folios for 144 pages and, if I do say so myself, it is quite what I was hoping for: regal yet useful, understated yet vociferous.
What was learned from this is that it takes longer to make a nice book than a quicker book. And measuring is important. As is being in the right frame of mind.
The plan? You ask. It is to make a nice book on the golden day of each month. What is the golden day of each month? For example, the 6th day of the 6th month (June 6th), or the 12th day of the 12th month (December 12) and so on. Well, it can't go too much further. The First plan was to complete it on the golden day. I'm lucky if I complete it in the month of the golden day. The June 6th Book was completed July 5th, for example.
Here we see the signatures. There should be six as this was the Book of the Sixth Month (June, for those counting.). The paper is heavier than copy paper and slicker. I don't know how well a pen will work on it although a pencil will do just fine - getting back to a simpler technology here, I suspect.Version: 20240320
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