La numérotation des cahiers et la foliotation dans les manuscrits arabes datés jusqu'à 1450 by Marie-Geneviève Guesdon

“…Some practices were followed in North Africa where the numbering of quires was less frequent whereas this appears relatively early in Christian manuscripts from the Near East - this was probably in relation to Syriac or Coptic traditions. In scientific manuscripts which originate in the Near-East and which have not been characterised as Christian, it seems that the use of the abjed alphabet and numbers was more frequent. …”
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