pasteboard

Ingredients

sheets of paper, glue, sized paper

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Pasteboards are constructed by layering multiple sheets of paper, which are often reused or recycled materials (p. 110, 124). These layers are glued together to form the core of the binding boards (p. 110). In some instances, the sheets are identified as sized paper (p. 110). The assembly process involves attaching these boards to the textblock using varying methods of board attachment recorded during the survey (p. 124).

Evidence

"In the UBL collections, however, two manuscripts with a similar construction were encountered. [...] at least one of them is thought to be made in the Maghreb. As the materials used in the UBL manuscripts differ slightly from the alAndalus bindings (leather was used for the spine-linings and doublures instead of cloth)"

Remarks

The survey of the Leiden Arabic manuscript collection (Part Four) recorded material data for 1,000 items, focusing on components like spine-lining, endbanding, and board attachment (p. 123-124). Specific manuscripts (Or. 241 and Or. 1313) showed structural parallels to Mamluk bindings but were attributed to the Maghreb based on material differences such as the use of leather for doublures (p. 108). Optical analysis was key in identifying textures beneath the surface of the doublures (p. 124).