Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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imbrication

A form of embellishment of a book featuring a pattern consisting of overlapping leaves or scales. The term is also applied to any decorative pattern composed of overlapping elements. (156 , 233 )






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