TERMINOLOGY

for the Conservation AND DESCRIPTION of Islamic Manuscripts

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The Manuscript Codex * Textblock

GUARD
A strip of support material (usually paper but possibly parchment) adhered to one or more folios at the gutter and hence with a spine-fold of its own through which it is sewn.
Yusuf İyilik Collection

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