O Kabikaj, do not eat this paper!
The fish-glue, leather and other substances that made up Arabic and Ottoman manuscripts appealed to insect appetites.
The fish-glue, leather and other substances that made up Arabic and Ottoman manuscripts appealed to insect appetites.
Sometimes these books appealed to kabikaj, the name of a jinn, leader of moths, patron angel of reptiles or real toxic plant for protection from damage.
Sometimes disobedient worms responded in their own magic language.
Sometimes disobedient worms responded in their own magic language.
Talismanic triangle in a work of Arabic grammar from Aceh, Indonesia (19th c.)
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