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ABCD is a wooden frame which may be placed on a com-
mon table.
ff Two brass rods., supporting
e e Two brass rests in the shape of half-moons. On these rests
M M The manuscript is placed, with
g-g- some raw cotton to guard it from being injured by the
contact of the metal.
h h h is so much of the manuscript roll as has already been
furnished with a fresh back of patches of gold-beaters’
skin.
As soon as a sufficient extent of back is thus secured,
111, silk strings, are fastened to the ends by means of dis-
solved gum Arabic. These strings are suspended from
ik ik ik, a row of pegs (like those of a violin) going through
o o, an opening in the top of the frame.
In proportion as the laborious operation of forming a
new
ABCD is a wooden frame which may be placed on a com-
mon table.
ff Two brass rods., supporting
e e Two brass rests in the shape of half-moons. On these rests
M M The manuscript is placed, with
g-g- some raw cotton to guard it from being injured by the
contact of the metal.
h h h is so much of the manuscript roll as has already been
furnished with a fresh back of patches of gold-beaters’
skin.
As soon as a sufficient extent of back is thus secured,
111, silk strings, are fastened to the ends by means of dis-
solved gum Arabic. These strings are suspended from
ik ik ik, a row of pegs (like those of a violin) going through
o o, an opening in the top of the frame.
In proportion as the laborious operation of forming a
new