Jurnal - ultra, lined - cairo atelier - midnight star | Paperblanks

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• A brilliant 16th-century Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design.
• Though the atelier’s name has been lost to history, the detailed pattern and fine materials used show why books from that workshop were so highly prized.
• Today the original binding can be found at the Museum Kunstpalast in Dusseldorf, Germany.Gaze into the cosmos with this astral-inspired pattern.
• Like an exploding supernova, the gold tooling and embellishments burst off the surface of our Midnight Star design.A celebrated Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star binding, originally crafted in the early 1500s.
• At that time Cairo and Damascus, under the rule of Mamluks (1250–1517), were at the centre of Islamic book binding and trade.
• Cairo itself had been home to a paper mill since the 11th century.
• The leather used for this gold embellished cover would have been imported from the Arabian Peninsula or North African Maghreb.
• And though the name of the original atelier has been lost to history, the detailed and intricate pattern adorning these fine materials shows why books from this workshop were – and continue to be – so highly prized.This fine binding was likely originally crafted to hold a book of high importance, such as the Koran, and today brings its majesty to your own thoughts or artwork.
• The maze-like design, suggestive of constellations across the night sky, begs you to take a closer look and explore its golden lines, curves and dots.
• Truly a wonder of the ancient world, Midnight Star invites you to be taken back to the glory days of Egyptian bookbinding arts.