Preferred label
guard sheets
Alternative label
barrier sheets
Note (en)
Note
Thin leaves of laid or wove paper inserted into a book to prevent the transfer of ink from a plate or illustration to a facing page, or vice-versa. It may be loose in the book, sewn in with the binding, or, more often, tipped to the leaf it protects.
Scope note source reference
source-reference-709
Source
Etherington & Roberts (1982)
Roberts, Matt, Don Etherington, and Margaret R. Brown. 1982. Bookbinding and the conservation of books: a dictionary of descriptive terminology. Washington: Library of Congress.
Additional Reference
source-reference-710
Source
AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
Additional Reference
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265671 (modified)
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objects
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