Sacred Texts: Codices Far, Far Away - Episode 10. LJS 102 binding

On October 8, 2018, Dr. Brandon Hawk and curator Dot Porter met to talk about these ancient books, and to compare them with manuscripts from the collection of the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania. This series is a record of those discussions.

LJS 102: Focus on the binding
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This video begins the part of our series where we focus on the bindings of the Jedi texts. Our conversation in this video focuses on binding of LJS 102, the early 20th century Ethiopian prayer book which we looked at in Episode 3. We’ll compare this binding to the Jedi texts, and talk about how they are similar, and how they’re quite different.

Images of the “Tree Library” by Seth Engstrom & Rodolfo Damaggio
Mock-ups of four Jedi books by James Carson
Mock-ups for six pages from the Jedi books by Chris Kitisakkul

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That Ethiopian codex is bound using what is called "Coptic Binding" with a chain stitch. Could you imagine being asked to join the props department for Star Wars then be asked to design these Jedi books from the Directors concept?