A ribbon fixed at the head of the spine, inside the book, used as a bookmark. It is added during binding, most often on a hardback.
The parts of a hardback: board, spine, square, endpaper, headband and ribbon. Diagram: IN TEMPO, licence CC BY 4.0. Reuse this diagram
In practice
It suits a book read in several sittings or kept for reference: a collection, a guide, a cookbook. It needs to be long enough to show at the foot when laid diagonally across the page. Its colour is chosen with the headband’s; a second ribbon earns its place in a book used at two places at once.
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