wood scroll
China
Source: Staack, Thies. (2023). Bindings of Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wood Scrolls. In G. Boudalis (Ed.), Chains, Links, and Loops: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Sewing Structure in Eastern Mediterranean Bookbinding. De Gruyter.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
wood, binding string
Preparation Steps
The scroll consists of wood slips bound with string. It was possible to fix the binding string with only one knot at the very end of the manuscript (left side). Administrative documents like this were usually bound from beginning to end (right to left, seen from front) (p. 54).
Original Recipe Text
The scroll consists of wood slips bound with string. It was possible to fix the binding string with only one knot at the very end of the manuscript (left side). Administrative documents like this were usually bound from beginning to end (right to left, seen from front) (p. 54).
Evidence
"Fig. 6: Detail of wood scroll with an inventory of carriages and hand carts, 23 BCE, excavated at the ruins of the Xuanquan relay station (Xuanquanzhi 懸泉置). Lanzhou, Gansu Jiandu Museum, MS I 90DXT0208[2]:1–10."
Remarks
This document serves as an example of administrative scrolls which typically used two binding strings (p. 60). Yardsticks or rulers (biao chi) were often used to reference the position for binding strings in such Han period documents (p. 64).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
archaeological excavation
visual investigation
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typewood scroll
RegionChina
Approx. Year-150
Source Information
AuthorStaack, Thies.
Collectionruins of the Xuanquan relay station (Xuanquanzhi 懸泉置). Lanzhou, Gansu Jiandu Museum
Language
N/A
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