On the Making of Local Paper

The present article examines and provides a translation of a thirteenth century recipe for papermaking. The recipe in question originated in Yemen and constitutes the second hitherto discovered description of paper manufacture in the Arabic language. Just as the first recipe contained in the work of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adam Gacek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2002-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/1175