paper

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Prepared using moulds to produce standard sizes (p. 48). The surface was polished and refined to provide a smooth, practical medium for the proliferation of new scripts (p. 48).

Evidence

"this Quran was transcribed on paper using naskh and is associated with the hand of Ibn Al Bawwab (d.1022) a librarian within the Buyid (932-1062) palace at Baghdad."

Remarks

Specifically identifies the medium transition from parchment to paper for Quranic texts, facilitated by the Buyid administrative environment and scribes like Ibn al-Bawwab (p. 47). This Quran inspired a new tradition of transcribing Qurans in round scripts (p. 48).