Lexicon of Terminology for Conservation of Islamic Manuscripts

HANDMADE ISLAMIC PAPER
Individual sheets of handmade paper made on a portable mold with a flexible mold screen in which narrow, closely aligned elements made from vegetal material such as plant stalks, grasses, or strips of bamboo are held together by lines of sewing. As a consequence of the materials and methods used to construct the Islamic mold screen, the papers made on them have mold impressions with laid lines often broader than those in European laid papers and sometimes slightly curved, and with chain lines lines that are often absent or difficult to discern.

UBL OR. 14.603

HANDMADE ISLAMIC PAPER

Individual sheets of handmade paper made on a portable mold with a flexible mold screen in which narrow, closely aligned elements made from vegetal material such as plant stalks, grasses, or strips of bamboo are held together by lines of sewing. As a consequence of the materials and methods used to construct the Islamic mold screen, the papers made on them have mold impressions with laid lines often broader than those in European laid papers and sometimes slightly curved, and with chain lines lines that are often absent or difficult to discern.

AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER

TERMINOLOGY