16:5316:53, 20 February 2022diffhist+2,271
Paper marbling
Removed claim of supposed 15th-century marbling in Venice, that referenced a travel guide, and another to supposed "15th-century Safavids" —prior to the dates of that dynasty— referencing a practical manual instead of scholarly sources. Removed excessive language mixing. Added a new section on security marbling, and Ninteenth century under 'History in Europe' with citations. Added additional citations to the section on the Islamic world, and converted passive passages to active voice.Tag: Disambiguation links added
17:1317:13, 17 January 2020diffhist−25
Paper marbling
Removed Persian reference from the English header, as it is given below. There a number of marbling methods, not all are Persian or Persianate, e.g. Japanese sumonagashi.Tags: Mobile editMobile web edit
14:0914:09, 16 December 2018diffhist+506
Paper marbling
Since Central Asia was part of the Islamic world during the 15th-16th century, there is no need to specify it apart. Other reference added to what is considered the earliest datable abri, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
12:1812:18, 17 April 2015diffhist+1,237
Dal Lake
→Uses and attractions: Clarified and corrected introductory sentence grammar concerning the boats and also added a passage and linked to the WP article on the Mazar-e-Shura, restructuring the section accordingly ~~~~
09:2209:22, 1 February 2013diffhist−1
Coptic binding
Changed "developed" to "employed". There is no evidence proving this was exclusively Christian, only that they used and popularized the format. Pagan Roman<i>pugillares membranei</i> and mention of the codex by Martial challenges this idea~~~~