The technique of Islamic bookbinding : methods, materials and regional varieties / by Karin Scheper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheper, Karin, author.

Series:

Islamic manuscripts and books ; v. 8.

Islamic manuscripts and books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic bookbinding--History.

Islamic bookbinding.

Manuscripts, Arabic--Netherlands--Leiden.

Manuscripts, Arabic.

Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Bibliotheek.

Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.

History.

Netherlands--Leiden.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 428 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Summary:

The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding is the first monograph dedicated to the technical development of the bookbinding tradition in the Islamic world. Based on an assessment of the extensive oriental collections in the Leiden University Library, the various sewing techniques, constructions and the application of covering materials are described in great detail. A comparative analysis of the historic treatises on bookbinding provides further insight into the actual making of the Islamic book. In addition, it is demonstrated that variations in time and place can be established with the help of distinctive material characteristics. Karin Scheper's work refutes the current perception of Islamic bookbinding as a weak structure, which has generally but erroneously been typified as a case-binding. Instead, the author argues how diverse methods were used to create source structures, thus fundamentally, challenging our understanding of the Islamic bookbinding practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

Materiality matters

The anatomy of the Islamic manuscript

Comparative study of the historic sources and recent literature on the making of Islamic manuscripts

Multiplicity within the tradition

Mapping the variations in time and place

Considerations and new perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004290921

9004290923

OCLC:

902762377