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Cover illustration: UBL Or. 1218, a Qur’an in maghribi script, dated 1718. Photo by Karin Scheper.
The damage at head and tail of the full leather binding reveals part of the construction: the leather spine-lining and tiedowns of the endband are visible.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows:
Scheper, Karin.
The technique of Islamic bookbinding : methods, materials and regional varieties / by Karin Scheper. pages cm. — (Islamic manuscripts and books, ISSN 1877-9964 ; volume 8)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-29092-1 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-29111-9 (e-book) 1. Islamic bookbinding—History. 2. Manuscripts, Arabic—Netherlands—Leiden. 3. Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Bibliotheek. I. Title.
Z270.I74S34 2015
686.3—dc23
2015003089
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ISSN 1877-9964
ISBN 978-90-04-38548-1 (hardback reprint, 2019)
ISBN 978-90-04-38726-3 (e-book, 2019)
ISBN 978-90-04-29092-1 (hardback, 2015)
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