TERMINOLOGY
FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS
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TERMINOLOGY
The manuscript
Types of Manuscripts
The Manuscript Codex
Parts and positions
Materials
Textblock
Structure
The Binding
Textual Indicators, Decorative Forms and Techniques
Enclosures
Conservation
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INDEX OF TERMS
The Manuscript
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Types of Manuscripts
MANUSCRIPT CODEX
A handwritten book. The term for the book form is usually shortened to
manuscript
although other types of manuscript on single
sheets
also exist (see:
Muraqqa
,
Safina
,
Juz
,
Levha
,
Hilye
,
Berat
,
Firman
,
Kıt’a
and
Karalama
).
UBL OR. 880
AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER