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long lacing path
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Note
The path taken by a sewing support slip which enters the spine edge of a board through a tunnel to emerge into a channel in either surface of the board which connects to a hole which takes the slip into a second channel cut into the opposite side of the board, where it is secured in yet another hole with a wedge.
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Source
Szirmai, The Archeology... (1999)
Szirmai, J. A. (1999) The Archeology of Medieval Bookbinding. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Additional Reference
p. 154 (modified)
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