TERMINOLOGY

for the Conservation AND DESCRIPTION of Islamic Manuscripts

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The Manuscript Codex * Textblock

FLY LEAF
A folio, originally blank, at the front or back of the manuscript which was intended to protect the first or last leaves of the textblock.
UBL OR. 14.603

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