TERMINOLOGY

FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS

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The Manuscript Codex * Binding

MÜLEVVEN
A type of binding in which two different colors of leather (or leather and paper) are used. The overall binding is one color of leather with smaller areas of the design picked out in another color of leather (or occasionally paper), which can be applied as an inlay or an onlay.
UBL Or. 556

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