Turquoise Chronicles Mini Journal

This cover of this gorgeous mini journal is based on the binding for a book titled Chroniques, published by Salel Binder in Paris in 1514. The exuberance of the design reflects the splendour of the Renaissance approach to decoration.

Chronicles was published in the early 16th century, when Paris was a flourishing centre of the publishing trade. The city’s reputation was second only to that of Venice, which was spearheading the Renaissance movement and looked to by the rest of Europe for artistic ideas and influences. It was at this time that the gold tooling technique arrived in France from the Islamic realm, where it had originally developed. Combined with the French king’s generous patronage of the arts, this ushered in an age of superb French book binding.

Turquoise Chronicles features an especially fine example of early 16th-century French gold tooling. Formed in a graceful, flowing ornament of interlaced arabesques and delicate dots, it shows hints of its Eastern influences and of the decorative styles that would soon emerge in the ateliers of other French binders

This 240-page lined, mini journal includes a memento pouch, ribbon marker, and clasp closure.

• 100% recycled binder boards
• FSC-certified text paper
• Threaded stitching and glue, as needed
• Acid-free sustainable forest paper
• Decorative printed cover paper

Size: 7.62 x 13.97 cm (4 x 5.5 inches)