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Sketches of mythical animals and trees

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Description: Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World
Once paper was available in the Islamic lands, artists and artisans eventually came to exploit its possibilities, but they were somewhat slower to do so than were writers, mathematicians, geographers, and merchants. Before paper, artists and artisans worked directly with their chosen materials—clay, bronze, cloth, brick, plaster—relying on experience and practice to do what we would...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.161-201
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00217.006

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