As indicated by new consequences of the exploration done on the historical backdrop of bookmarks, there are signs that bookmarks have went with codices since their first development in the first century AD. The soonest existing bookmark dates from the sixth century AD and it is made of ornamented calfskin fixed with vellum on the back and was connected with a cowhide tie to the front of a Coptic (Codex A, MS 813 Chester Beatty Library, Dublin). It was found close Sakkara, Egypt, under the remains of the cloister Apa Jeremiah. Further most punctual bookmarks and leftovers of them have been found in Coptic codices dating from the first to the eleventh century and in Carolingian codices from the eighth to the twelfth century.

Bookmarks were utilized all through the medieval period,[3] comprising generally of a little material strip joined to the edge of folio (or a bit of string appended to headband). As the first printed books were very uncommon and significant, it was resolved at an opportune time that something was expected to check one's place in a book without causing its pages any damage. Probably the most punctual bookmarks were utilized toward the finish of the sixteenth century. Present day bookmarks are accessible in a gigantic assortment of materials in a large number of structures and styles. Many are made of cardboard or overwhelming paper, however they are additionally built of paper, lace, texture, felt, steel, wire, tin, globules, wood, plastic, vinyl, silver, gold, and different valuable metals, some enriched with gemstones.

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