42812
Title Of Article Chaper
Art on paper in the Abbasid period
Title Of Journal Book
International symposium on the conservation and restoration of cultural property. Conservation of Far Eastern art objects. Tokyo, November 26-29, 1979
Pages
79-86
Publisher
Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Property
Publisher City
Tokyo
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Symposium on the conservation of Far Eastern art objects
Meeting City
Tokyo
Abstract
A brief history of writing materials describes the raw materials, pulp production and nonwood fiber sources used by papermakers prior to the Abbasid period (in Iraq, 8th-13th century A.D.). The author gives brief descriptions of famous, extant Abbasid books on religious and scientific subjects. See also AATA 19-155.
Keywords
Miniature, technique -- ICCROM
pub_id
42812
Meeting Date
19791126-19791129