RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Binding Terms

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Scope Note

Bindings dyed by means of Kermes (a red dyestuff obtained from a Mediterranean scale insect). Kermes was largely supplanted by cochineal as a dyestuff after the latter's introduction into Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Broader Term

Materials and treatment (Gathering term; do not assign)

 

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