TERMINOLOGY
FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS
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Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Decorative Techniques
RADIANT LINES
Resembling darts or rays, these lines project from an
illuminated
area or, in the case of a
binding
, a
tooled
area into the surround.
UBL Or. 1651
AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER