kora kagad, Indian paper, western paper, western marbled paper
Kashmir
18th Century
Source: Couvrat Desvergnes, Amélie. "Guᅡakās from North-Western India". In: Features of Binding, pp. 214-227.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
Blank books (kora kagad) were prepared in kārkhānās and passed to scribes (p. 214). Bindings involved assembling the text block with needle and thread, and using paste to attach spine linings, endpapers, and textiles to boards (p. 216). Pasteboards were used as covers, often with leather or textile stretched over them (p. 214).
Original Recipe Text
Blank books (kora kagad) were prepared in kārkhānās and passed to scribes (p. 214). Bindings involved assembling the text block with needle and thread, and using paste to attach spine linings, endpapers, and textiles to boards (p. 216). Pasteboards were used as covers, often with leather or textile stretched over them (p. 214).
Evidence
"she mentions that blank books (kora kagad) were passed to scribes and painters for the writing of the text and the execution of illustrations and illuminations."
Remarks
The corpus includes various paper types: 'western paper' in CUL MS Or. 2031 (p. 224), 'Indian paper' in Leiden UBL Or. 25.463 and 25.464 (p. 225), and 'western marbled paper' in Paris BnF sanscrit 1875 (p. 227). Preservation issues include smudges and fingerprints from extensive reading, and folios becoming detached from original bindings (p. 218).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
physical examination
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Binderpaste
Paper Typekora kagad, Indian paper, western paper, western marbled paper
ColorPurple
RegionKashmir
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorCouvrat Desvergnes, Amélie. "Guᅡakās from North-Western India". In: Features of Binding, pp. 214-227.
CollectionKashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab
Language
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