صناعة المخطوطات في نجد

Evidence

"صناعة المخطوطات في نجد"

Remarks

The book titled 'Manuscript Production in Najd' explores the material culture of manuscripts in central Arabia. This specific chunk includes visual documentation of the tools used for ink production and application. Plate 1 (p. 451) shows a traditional inkwell (dawah), and Plate 3 (p. 452) displays the reed pens (aqlam) used by scribes. The manuscript pages shown in Plates 5 through 11 (pp. 454-460) illustrate the use of black ink in various Najdi calligraphic styles, including a local variant of Naskh. The bibliography on page 447 mentions studies of Arabic manuscripts during the Ottoman era (922-1225 AH), which contextualizes the period for many of these tools and samples.