Loveday, Helen <br/><br/>
Islamic paper :  a study of the ancient craft / 
Helen Loveday. 
 - [London] :  Don Baker Memorial Fund :  Distributed by Archetype Publications,  2001. 
 - 90 p. :  ill., map ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-90). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1873132034 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Baker, Don, 1932-1994. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Paper--History.--Middle East<br/>Papermaking--History.--Middle East<br/>Paper--history
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS1090  / .L68 2001