Editing Manuscript (section)

==Islamic world==
{{Main|Islamic Manuscripts}}
[[Islamic manuscripts]] were produced in different ways depending on their use and time period. [[Parchment]] (vellum) was a common way to produce manuscripts.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/paperbeforeprint0000bloo/page/12|title=Paper before print : the history and impact of paper in the Islamic world|last=Bloom, Jonathan.|date=2001|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0300089554|pages=[https://archive.org/details/paperbeforeprint0000bloo/page/12 12]|oclc=830505350}}</ref> Manuscripts eventually transitioned to using paper in later centuries with the diffusion of paper making in the Islamic empire. When Muslims encountered paper in Central Asia, its use and production spread to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa during the 8th century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/paperbeforeprint0000bloo/page/47|title=Paper before print : the history and impact of paper in the Islamic world|last=Bloom, Jonathan.|date=2001|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0300089554|pages=[https://archive.org/details/paperbeforeprint0000bloo/page/47 47]|oclc=830505350}}</ref>