Safavid Magnetic Closure Midi Lined Notebook
- Sold By: Paperblanks
- Categories Notebook, Paperblanks Hardcover Notebooks, Paperblanks Notebook
- Type: Notebook
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Our Safavid design depicts a leather filigree pattern containing hand-crafted motifs that maintain the elegance and style of the Islamic Golden Age, even in our modern context.
Persian Safavid-style designs, associated with this era of artistic excellence, represented a high point in the art of the book. These bindings often featured central designs of medallions, quadrants, floral and animal motifs, pentagonal flap closures, and elaborately decorated "doublures" (inner covers), as well as exquisite creations made with cut leather, colored paper, and gilding. Above all, symmetry is the hallmark of this style. The original binding of this particular design used reddish-brown goatskin, real gold, lacquer, and paint to achieve balance in its creation.
Dating back to the 17th century, this work of art comes from the rich tradition of handicrafts inspired by the Fifth Shah of the Safavid Dynasty, Shah Abbas the Great, during the period known as the Islamic Golden Age of Art (from 750 to the 16th century). He recognized the commercial benefits of encouraging the arts, and thus tile work, pottery, and textile crafts flourished. Illustrated manuscripts also became a thriving industry, and great attention was paid to the craft of bookbinding and design.
Although Safavid rule ended in 1736, they left a great and lasting legacy by reviving and establishing Persia as both an economic and artistic powerhouse. Among the many jewels of this ancient period and culture, decorative bookbinding shines particularly brightly, and we are honored to bring it back to everyday life in our Safavid series.
Paper type Acid-free paper (fountain pen friendly)Â Back Cover Accordion inner pocket for storing notes Notebook Sizes/Page Count/
Paper Weight
Mini: 10x14cm / 208 pages / 80gsm
Midi: 13x18cm / 144 pages / 120gsm
Ultra: 18x23cm / 144 pages / 120gsm
Cover type Softcover Notebook Origin Canada -

Paperblanks is a Canadian manufacturer that produces quality notebooks that are not only attractive but also extremely well-structured, bound using traditional techniques; the bindings are not glued (a binding technique that is economical for the manufacturer but eventually leads to page loss) but are instead all sewn.
All Paperblanks notebooks are bound using two methods. They are either hand-sewn using 'Coptic' binding, which originated in 4th-century Egypt, or Smythe sewn, the most durable binding technique, which allows the notebook to open flat without page loss.
All Paperblanks notebooks use acid-free, archival-quality, high-opacity fine laid writing paper. Their notebooks also feature a ribbon page marker and an inner pocket inside the back cover for storing your notes.
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Our Safavid design depicts a leather filigree pattern containing hand-crafted motifs that maintain the elegance and style of the Islamic Golden Age, even in our modern context.
Persian Safavid-style designs, associated with this era of artistic excellence, represented a high point in the art of the book. These bindings often featured central designs of medallions, quadrants, floral and animal motifs, pentagonal flap closures, and elaborately decorated "doublures" (inner covers), as well as exquisite creations made with cut leather, colored paper, and gilding. Above all, symmetry is the hallmark of this style. The original binding of this particular design used reddish-brown goatskin, real gold, lacquer, and paint to achieve balance in its creation.
Dating back to the 17th century, this work of art comes from the rich tradition of handicrafts inspired by the Fifth Shah of the Safavid Dynasty, Shah Abbas the Great, during the period known as the Islamic Golden Age of Art (from 750 to the 16th century). He recognized the commercial benefits of encouraging the arts, and thus tile work, pottery, and textile crafts flourished. Illustrated manuscripts also became a thriving industry, and great attention was paid to the craft of bookbinding and design.
Although Safavid rule ended in 1736, they left a great and lasting legacy by reviving and establishing Persia as both an economic and artistic powerhouse. Among the many jewels of this ancient period and culture, decorative bookbinding shines particularly brightly, and we are honored to bring it back to everyday life in our Safavid series.
Paper type Acid-free paper (fountain pen friendly)Â Back Cover Accordion inner pocket for storing notes Notebook Sizes/Page Count/
Paper Weight
Mini: 10x14cm / 208 pages / 80gsm
Midi: 13x18cm / 144 pages / 120gsm
Ultra: 18x23cm / 144 pages / 120gsm
Cover type Softcover Notebook Origin Canada -

Paperblanks is a Canadian manufacturer that produces quality notebooks that are not only attractive but also extremely well-structured, bound using traditional techniques; the bindings are not glued (a binding technique that is economical for the manufacturer but eventually leads to page loss) but are instead all sewn.
All Paperblanks notebooks are bound using two methods. They are either hand-sewn using 'Coptic' binding, which originated in 4th-century Egypt, or Smythe sewn, the most durable binding technique, which allows the notebook to open flat without page loss.
All Paperblanks notebooks use acid-free, archival-quality, high-opacity fine laid writing paper. Their notebooks also feature a ribbon page marker and an inner pocket inside the back cover for storing your notes.
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