TERMINOLOGY

for the Conservation AND DESCRIPTION of Islamic Manuscripts

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The Manuscript Codex * Textblock

LAID PAPER
Paper made with a mold in which the vertical and horizontal elements of the mold screen leave characteristic marks in the paper, the laid lines and chain lines, which are visible in transmitted light.
UBL OR. 14.603

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