Citations:bookstaff

English citations of bookstaff

• 1884, The Builder - Volume 46, page 664:

  As the “bookstaff” had vanished before the littera, another substance had to be employed for the purpose of writing, and the skins of animals, properly prepared and called bók fell, or book skins, appeared.

• 1893, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society:

  In his presidential address he gave an explanation of the nature of AElfred's jewel, asserting that it was the handle of a bookstaff, and possibly was that given by the King to John, afterwards first Abbot of Athelney.