The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding: Methods, Materials and Regional Varieties

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
The Information Value of Binding Structures......Page 25
Present Situation of the Book Archaeology of Islamic Manuscripts......Page 33
Obstacles in the Study of Islamic Book Making......Page 37
Linking Physical Analysis, Catalogue Data and Literature......Page 43
Selection and Justification of the Corpus......Page 49
Vocabulary and Images as Tools......Page 60
Techniques Used to Construct the Textblock......Page 75
Covering and Board Attachment......Page 106
A Problematic Term: Case-binding......Page 120
Other Characteristics......Page 127
Meaning and Validity of the Diversity......Page 157
Historic Sources......Page 159
Secondary Sources: Related Studies and General Reference Works......Page 183
Founders of our Knowledge on the Use of Structure and Materials in Islamic Bookmaking......Page 189
Structure as a Starting Point......Page 200
Structure as a Side Issue......Page 206
Structure as a Conservation Issue......Page 216
The Sum of the Parts......Page 226
Methodology......Page 228
Survey Results—Quantitative Analysis......Page 251
Sewing......Page 275
Spine-lining......Page 296
Endbanding......Page 300
Covering......Page 308
Spine-endings......Page 337
Interior Covering of the Boards......Page 341
The Envelope and Fore-edge Flap......Page 348
Miscellaneous Features......Page 350
Southeast Asia as a Sub-category in the Islamic Tradition......Page 357
Summary......Page 362
Recapitulation......Page 365
Development of the Tradition......Page 366
Discussion......Page 383
Conclusion......Page 396
Appendices......Page 400
Appendix 1: Glossary......Page 402
Appendix 2: Corpus......Page 415
Appendix 3: Example of a Record of the Database......Page 423
Appendix 4: List of Manuscripts Used inIllustrations......Page 424
Bibliography......Page 426
Index......Page 437