TERMINOLOGY

for the Conservation AND DESCRIPTION of Islamic Manuscripts

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The Manuscript Codex * Structure

STABBED CONNECTION
A cord or leather lace is drawn through the aligned transversal holes in a stack of stabbed folios and then its ends are tied together. A series of independent stabbed connections can be made along the spine of the manuscript.
UBL OR. 176

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