Bindings, Bags and Boxes: Sewn and Unsewn Manuscript Formats in the Islamic World

Islamic
18th Century
Source: Scheper, Karin (2023). Bindings, Bags and Boxes: Sewn and Unsewn Manuscript Formats in the Islamic World. In: Georgios Boudalis and Karin Scheper (Eds.), Chains, Links and Loops.
Recipe Details

Preparation Steps

Not chemically analyzed. Used as a functional demarcation on the fore-edge to identify five distinct astronomical texts within a composite volume (p. 130).

Original Recipe Text

Not chemically analyzed. Used as a functional demarcation on the fore-edge to identify five distinct astronomical texts within a composite volume (p. 130).

Evidence

"the fore-edge of each text has been marked with ink in such a manner that the demarcation allows quick access to the individual texts."

Remarks

The ink serves as a navigational aid rather than just a writing medium. The manuscript itself (Or. 25.723) is a composite volume where individual sections were likely tacketed together during the production phase before final binding (p. 130).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual inspection
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionIslamic
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorScheper, Karin
CollectionUBL, Or. 25.723
Language
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