TERMINOLOGY

for the Conservation AND DESCRIPTION of Islamic Manuscripts

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The Manuscript Codex * Textblock

OUTER FOLIO/BIFOLIO
The outermost leaf or leaves of a gathering.
UBL OR. 14.600

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