TERMINOLOGY
FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS
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The manuscript
Types of Manuscripts
The Manuscript Codex
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Structure
The Binding
Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Techniques
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Conservation
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The Manuscript Codex
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Binding
CORNER PIECE
The shape, often a quarter of a medallion, placed in each corner of the central design field on a
cover
or
illumination
.
UBL Or. 80
AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER