Physical Description and Institutional Metadata

A photograph shows the fore-edge and leather covers of the closed historical manuscript. The pages are stacked horizontally and appear aged and brownish. The binding consists of dark brown leather with visible wear along the edges of the boards. At the bottom of the image, modern white text on a black background provides archival information. It notes that the images were reproduced by courtesy of the Royal Library, The Hague original: "Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag", under the shelf mark 1708 B 10 [1].

Terminology:
Binding: The protective cover of a book.
Fore-edge: The edge of the leaves opposite the spine.
Leather: The animal skin material used for the cover.
Text block: The body of pages that make up the interior of the book.