2new: Methods, Materials and Regional Varieties (Islamic Manuscripts and Books") <8> (2ND)

Surveying the Oriental collections at the Leiden University Library, Scheper explores early techniques of Islamic bookbinding. She covers materiality matters: a detailed sketch of the current state of knowledge and outline of the research, the anatomy of the Islamic manuscript: a detailed overview of the different methods of construction, a comparative study of the historic sources and recent literature on the making of Islamic manuscripts, multiplicity within the tradition: an account of the methodology and quantitative results of the survey, mapping the variations in time and place: datable and localizable features and a further interpretation of the findings, and considerations and new perspectives. Annotation 2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)