TERMINOLOGY

FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS

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• TERMINOLOGY
  • The manuscript
    • Types of Manuscripts
  • The Manuscript Codex
    • Parts and positions
    • Materials
    • Textblock
    • Structure
    • The Binding
    • Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Techniques
    • Enclosures
  • Conservation
    • Condition issues
    • Materials
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• INDEX OF TERMS

Conservation * Condition Issues

OFFSET
Paint or ink found in a place where it was not applied or intended to be, such as the page in a manuscript facing the one where the media was actually applied. Usually the original media has been softened by moisture and some of it has stuck to the place where the offset then appears.
Private collection

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