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Islamic paper : a study of the ancient craft / Helen Loveday.

By: Loveday, HelenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: [London] : Don Baker Memorial Fund : Distributed by Archetype Publications, 2001. Description: 90 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: 1873132034Subject(s): Baker, Don, 1932-1994 | Paper -- Middle East -- History | Papermaking -- Middle East -- History | Paper -- historyGenre/Form: History | History.LOC classification: TS1090 | .L68 2001
Contents:
I: A history of Islamic papermaking -- Writing materials prior to the advent of paper -- Papyrus -- Parchment -- Papermaking in the Islamic world -- The transition from papyrus and parchment to paper -- Sources of early paper samples -- The decline of papermaking in the Islamic world -- The nature of paper and its production -- The nature, properties and characteristics of paper -- The materials and techniques of the papermaker -- Qualitative characteristics of Islamic paper -- Determination of quality -- Grade -- Colour -- Size of sheet -- Watermarks -- II: A systematic analysis of Persian and syro-Egyptian paper -- Protocol for paper classification -- Summary of findings -- Persian paper -- Syro-Egyptian paper -- A comparison of Persian and Syro-Egyptian papers -- Conclusions -- Towards a paper typology.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90).

I: A history of Islamic papermaking -- Writing materials prior to the advent of paper -- Papyrus -- Parchment -- Papermaking in the Islamic world -- The transition from papyrus and parchment to paper -- Sources of early paper samples -- The decline of papermaking in the Islamic world -- The nature of paper and its production -- The nature, properties and characteristics of paper -- The materials and techniques of the papermaker -- Qualitative characteristics of Islamic paper -- Determination of quality -- Grade -- Colour -- Size of sheet -- Watermarks -- II: A systematic analysis of Persian and syro-Egyptian paper -- Protocol for paper classification -- Summary of findings -- Persian paper -- Syro-Egyptian paper -- A comparison of Persian and Syro-Egyptian papers -- Conclusions -- Towards a paper typology.