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The choice of burnishing implement appears to have varied from region to region, with the most widely mentioned being agate and onyx; glass was used relatively infrequently. A Mughal description of the production of books includes the illustration of a pestle-like tool with a stubby handle and broad rounded base." In Turkey, large oval glass balls were employed, as was an implement comprising a bar of wood holding a rectangular piece of hard polished stone (such as agate) with rounded edges.3° The latter is still used today by paper marblers and calligraphers.
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