Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
hyaline layer
A term sometimes used to indicate the smooth surface which is assumed to exist between the epidermis and grain surface of a hide or skin, and which gives the characteristic grain pattern of the leather. See also:
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