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Abstract

The present text is a critical edition of the unique manuscript of a rather long didactic poem composed on the technique of bookbinding, probably, in
the ninth century A.H. The manuscript is preserved in the library of Cairo. This didactic poem, consisting the principles of the technique of hookhinding
along with a special technical terminology, is noticeahle. The critical edition of such a unique manuscript in the magazine of "Manuscripts of the Middle
East" With the extraordinary preciseness of Adam Gacek, the editor, encouraged Maqalat Wa Barrasiha to puhlish the Arabic text of the poem,
along with the translation of the introduction of the editor.
Maqalat Wa Barrasiha thanks Mr. Nadir Mutallibi Kashni for making a
copy of the research available to the office.

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