The technique of Islamic bookbinding : : methods, materials and regional varieties / / Karin Scheper.
The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding is the first monograph dedicated to the technical development of the bookbinding tradition in the Islamic world. Based on an assessment of the extensive oriental collections in the Leiden University Library, the various sewing techniques, constructions and the ap...
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| Superior document: | Islamic Manuscripts and Books, Volume 8 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic manuscripts and books ;
Volume 8. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Preface to the Second Revised Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Materiality Matters
- The Anatomy of the Islamic Manuscript
- A Comparative Study of the Historic Sources and Recent Literature on the Making of Islamic Manuscripts
- Multiplicity within the Tradition
- Mapping the Variations in Time and Place
- Considerations and New Perspectives
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Corpus
- Example of a Record of the Database
- List of Manuscripts Used in Illustrations
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.