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Image: back cover

Title: back cover

Source:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Shelfmark:
IS 50-1983
Author:
unknown
Date of creation:
19th century
Folio number:
not applicable
Total number of folios:
not applicable
Place of creation:
western India
Language:
not applicable
Medium:
lacquered, painted card and painted wood
Size:
27.5 x 13 cm
Copyright:
V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Background

A book is bound, which means it has a spine into which the pages are glued or stitched so a reader can easily turn over the pages. A traditional manuscript is made up of loose sheets of paper. Earlier manuscripts were created from palm leaves or similar material. The sheets were tied together using strings passed through holes in each sheet or folio so the reader could turn them over easily.

A manuscript is unbound but sometimes has a manuscript cover to protect it. This has two parts, one at the beginning, the other at the end. Manuscript covers are made of paper, cloth, cardboard or wood. They can be decorated and painted.

Glossary

Folio
A single sheet of paper or parchment with a front and a back side. Manuscripts and books are written or printed on both sides of sheets of paper. A manuscript page is one side of a sheet of paper, parchment or other material. The recto page is the top side of a sheet of paper and the verso is the underside.

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