Typology of the Bookbinding Art in Safavid Period

Bookbinding as one of important fields of the bibliopegy and bookmaking art is from the subjects of useful of the civilization history of Islam world on culture and Great Iran Civilizationespecially Islamic period. Also the bookbinding has could to impress a lot on world civilization history by itself spiritual influence. The Safavid period in between the Islamic governments of Iran is one the opportunities of very valued for growth of the bibliopegy art-especially the bookbinding. Some specialties as growth of the past bookbinding methods, to create of the new methods and also more variety in use of different materials and new design in bookbinding has caused that superiority and costliness of the bookbindings and manuscripts of this period become as many toward periods of before its. In this article, condition of the bookbinding in Safavid period from the different viewpoints explained, and also the bookbinding types and techniques of this period, enclosed designs, materials and tool of the useable studied in the form of the scientific classification.