ABSTRACT
Binding is the technique which makes it possible to give shape to the codex. The binding of works of a great age, or the composition of albums, sometimes necessitate repairs or the rebinding of pages. The first operation is called vassali (putting together). This operation consists in rearranging the pages on new paper, particularly silk paper, in such a way as to reconstruct the quires. Fassali is the operation which consists in setting the margins. The term fassali is used by Qazi Ahmad when describing the numerous qualifications of the painter Abu al-Ma‘sum Mirza. Teflisi gives several recipes for erasing what has been written. The simplest of these consists in just covering the writing with a layer of white tin solution in gum arabic. This method is also described in the khateme of the Golestan-e honar.
