Facsimile Model of the binding and text block of Mich. Ms. 166, a seventh-century codex containing a miscellany of biblical and ascetic texts. 9.7 x 8.5 cm.
Codex manuscript bound in a dark red-brown goatskin over laminated papyrus boards, with a single “string bag” wrapping band extending from the fore edge of the upper cover and finished with a decorated bone slip.The image shows the binding open and showing the text block sewn in unsupported link style at three stations. 9.7 x 8.5 cm.