Manuscript Arts

Paper- or Parchment-making — Includes artisan-manufactured paper and parchment.Calligraphy and/or Illumination — Includes lettering (writing), illumination, or any combination thereof.

Printing — Includes printed documents (incunabula or printed pages), engravings, printed music, etc., as well as any associated decorative techniques employed with printed pages. Does not include printing and engraving plates or blocks — these should be placed in “Instruments, Models, & Tools—Hand Tools.”

Cartography — includes the creation of maps.

Bookbinding — Includes binding of books and decoration thereof.

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