The technique of Islamic bookbinding : methods, materials and regional varieties /

The technique of Islamic bookbinding : methods, materials and regional varieties /

The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding is the first monograph dedicated to the technical development of the bookbinding tradition in the Islamic world. Based on an assessment of the extensive oriental collections in the Leiden University Library, the various sewing techniques, constructions and the ap...

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Main Author: Scheper, Karin.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Islamic Manuscripts and Books 8.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

Subjects:

Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. > Bibliotheek.
Islamic bookbinding > History.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Netherlands > Leiden.
Islamic bookbinding.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Netherlands > Leiden.
History.

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Call Number: Z270.I74 S34 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Preface to the Second Revised Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Materiality Matters
  • The Anatomy of the Islamic Manuscript
  • A Comparative Study of the Historic Sources and Recent Literature on the Making of Islamic Manuscripts
  • Multiplicity within the Tradition
  • Mapping the Variations in Time and Place
  • Considerations and New Perspectives
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Corpus
  • Example of a Record of the Database
  • List of Manuscripts Used in Illustrations
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Preface to the Second Revised Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Materiality Matters
  • The Anatomy of the Islamic Manuscript
  • A Comparative Study of the Historic Sources and Recent Literature on the Making of Islamic Manuscripts
  • Multiplicity within the Tradition
  • Mapping the Variations in Time and Place
  • Considerations and New Perspectives
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Corpus
  • Example of a Record of the Database
  • List of Manuscripts Used in Illustrations
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.