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This is an intensive, one-day workshop to begin to familiarize students and scholars of other manuscript traditions with the Islamic codicological tradition. Over the course of the day, students will learn about safe handling of manuscripts, collation, bindings, paper, common types of hands, decoration, and layouts, including traditional locations and styles of recording authors, titles, and dates in Islamicate manuscripts. To practice what they are learning, attendees will work hands-on with Islamicate manuscripts from the Columbia collection, many of which have been recently cataloged for the first time as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts project.